yimal

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-mal (durative imperfective stem of root -MAL, “to gobble”).

Verb[edit]

yimal

  1. he/she is gobbling it, eating it quickly

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishmal yiiʼmal deiiʼmal
2nd person nimal wohmal daahmal
3rd person yimal deimal
4th person jimal dajimal
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yímal yiiʼmal deiiʼmal
2nd person yínímal woomal daoomal
3rd person yiyíímal dayíímal
4th person jíímal dajíímal