-KAL
Navajo
Etymology
Also -KAAL.
Root
-KAL
- to chop, bat
- to lock
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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ł | successive | S chops, locks O
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l | successive | S shuts oneself in
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l | successive | S hits a ball
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Ø | successive | S hits O repeatedly
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Ø | motion | S strikes, bats O
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Ø | motion | S chops O
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM (1) | -kaał | -kaal | -kał | -kał | -kaał |
MOM (2) | -kaał | -kal | -kał | -kał | -kaał |
CONT | -kal | -kal | -kał | -kał | -kal |
REP | -kał | -kal | -kał | -kał | -kał |
SEM | -kał | -kał | -kał | -kał | -kał |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -KAL (chop)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, pages 310-312