nahałʼin

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

na- (atelic, circuital) + -ho- (space, area, things) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-ʼin (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to bark”).

Verb[edit]

nahałʼin

  1. it (a dog) barks

Usage notes[edit]

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

This verb has an alternative si-perfective nahasʼįįd, which may rather belong to a Continuative (∅/si) paradigm.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE nahałʼin
PERFECTIVE nahóółʼįįd
FUTURE nahodoołʼįįd