alkeed

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -keed (durative imperfective stem of root -KID, “to eat a chunky object”).

Verb

alkeed (intransitive)

1. he/she is chewing (something roundish)
2. he/she is eating (something roundish)

Conjugation

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

Related terms

• yilkeed

See also

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