yighaał
Navajo
Etymology
y- (peg element) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -ghaał (imperfective stem of root -GHAL, “to move eyes”).
Verb
yighaał
- he/she is moving his/her eyes
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi), with da-shift.
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yishhaał | yiigaał | deiigaał |
2nd person | nighaał | wohhaał | daahhaał |
3rd person | yighaał | daaghaał | |
4th person | jighaał | dajighaał |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | yíghal | yiigal | dasiigal |
2nd person | yíníghal | wooghal | dasooghal |
3rd person | yíghal | daazghal | |
4th person | jííghal | dajizghal |
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -ghaał
- PERFECTIVE: -ghal
- FUTURE: -ghał
- ITERATIVE: -gał
- OPTATIVE: -ghaał