alghał

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -ghał (durative imperfective stem of root -GHAL, “to eat meat”).

Verb

alghał (intransitive)

1. he/she is chewing (meat)
2. he/she is eating (meat)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ashghał	iilghał	daʼiilghał
2nd person	ílghał	ołghał	daʼołghał
3rd person	alghał		daʼalghał
4th person	ajilghał		daʼjilghał

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	eeshghal	iilghal	daʼiilghal
2nd person	íínílghal	oołghal	daʼoołghal
3rd person	oolghal		daʼoolghal
4th person	ajoolghal		daʼjoolghal

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adeeshghał	adiilghał	daʼdiilghał
2nd person	adíílghał	adoołghał	daʼdoołghał
3rd person	adoolghał		daʼdoolghał
4th person	azhdoolghał		dazhʼdoolghał

Related terms

• yilghał

See also

• adlą́ (liquid)
• aʼaał (hard)
• aldeeł (plural)
• alghał (meat)
• alkeed (chunky)
• ałchozh (leafy)
• ałtsʼééh (mushy)