Navajo
Etymology
ha- (“up out”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼeeł (imperfective stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”).
Verb
haaʼeeł
- he/she/it is floating up out (as from a sunken box)
- he/she is stillborn, miscarried, premature
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
| imperfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
haashʼeeł
|
haiiʼeeł
|
hadeiiʼeeł
|
| 2nd person
|
haniʼeeł
|
haahʼeeł
|
hadaahʼeeł
|
| 3rd person
|
haaʼeeł
|
hadaaʼeeł
|
| 4th person
|
hajiʼeeł
|
hadajiʼeeł
|
| perfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
hááʼéél
|
haiiʼéél
|
hadasiiʼéél
|
| 2nd person
|
háíníʼéél
|
haooʼéél
|
hadasooʼéél
|
| 3rd person
|
hááʼéél
|
hadaazʼéél
|
| 4th person
|
hajííʼéél
|
hadajizʼéél
|
| future
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
hadeeshʼoł
|
hadiiʼoł
|
hadadiiʼoł
|
| 2nd person
|
hadííʼoł
|
hadoohʼoł
|
hadadoohʼoł
|
| 3rd person
|
hadooʼoł
|
hadadooʼoł
|
| 4th person
|
hazhdooʼoł
|
hadazhdooʼoł
|
Verbal stems
- IMPERFECTIVE: -ʼeeł
- PERFECTIVE: -ʼéél
- FUTURE: -ʼoł
- ITERATIVE: -ʼoł
- OPTATIVE: -ʼeeł