alkeed
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -keed (durative imperfective stem of root -KID, “to eat a chunky object”).
Verb
[edit]alkeed (intransitive)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ashkeed | iilkeed | daʼiilkeed |
| 2nd person | ílkeed | ołkeed | daʼołkeed |
| 3rd person | alkeed | daʼalkeed | |
| 4th person | ajilkeed | daʼjilkeed | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | eeshkid | iilkid | daʼiilkid |
| 2nd person | íínílkid | oołkid | daʼoołkid |
| 3rd person | oolkid | daʼoolkid | |
| 4th person | ajoolkid | daʼjoolkid | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | adeeshkił | adiilkił | daʼdiilkił |
| 2nd person | adíílkił | adoołkił | daʼdoołkił |
| 3rd person | adoolkił | daʼdoolkił | |
| 4th person | azhdoolkił | dazhʼdoolkił | |