yilghał

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

yilghał (transitive)

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

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishghał	yiilghał	deiilghał
2nd person	nilghał	wołghał	daałghał
3rd person	yilghał		deilghał
4th person	jilghał		dajilghał

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishghal	yiilghal	deiilghal
2nd person	yínílghal	woołghal	daoołghal
3rd person	yoolghal		dayoolghal
4th person	joolghal		dajoolghal

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	deeshghał	diilghał	dadiilghał
2nd person	díílghał	doołghał	dadoołghał
3rd person	yidoolghał		deidoolghał
4th person	jidoolghał		dazhdoolghał

See also

• yidlą́ (liquid)
• yiʼaał (hard)
• yildeeł (plural)
• yilghał (meat)
• yilkeed (chunky)
• yiłchozh (leafy)
• yiłtsʼééh (mushy)