-KAL
Navajo
Etymology
Also -KAAL.
Root
-KAL
| 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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| ∅ | successive |
S hits O repeatedly
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| ∅ | motion |
S strikes, bats O
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| ∅ | 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