-ʼAAL
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *ʼa̓tɬʼ (“to chew, to bite”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna cʼeʼaał (“he is chewing sth”), yizʼał (“he bit it once”), Gwich'in iiʼàal (“I ate it”), Chipewyan ɣɛsʼaíł (“Iʼm chewing it”)
Found in Navajo in bases related to the eating of hard or crispy food like peanut, candy, celery, bacon.
Root
-ʼAAL
Theme | Category | Bases | + Unspec object | ||||
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Ø | operative |
S eats O
|
S eats
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM | -ʼaał | -ʼaal | -ʼał | -ʼał | -ʼaał |
DUR | -ʼaał | -ʼaal | -ʼał | -ʼał | -ʼaał |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼAAL (eat hard)
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