Navajo
Etymology
ha- (“up out”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -teeł (imperfective stem of root -TÉÉL, “to slide”).
Verb
haateeł
- he/she/it is sliding up out
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
| imperfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
haashteeł
|
haiidteeł
|
hadeiidteeł
|
| 2nd person
|
haniteeł
|
haahteeł
|
hadaahteeł
|
| 3rd person
|
haateeł
|
hadaateeł
|
| 4th person
|
hajiteeł
|
hadajiteeł
|
| perfective
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
háátéél
|
haiidtéél
|
hadasiidtéél
|
| 2nd person
|
háínítéél
|
haootéél
|
hadasootéél
|
| 3rd person
|
háátéél
|
hadaaztéél
|
| 4th person
|
hajíítéél
|
hadajiztéél
|
| future
|
singular
|
duoplural
|
plural
|
| 1st person
|
hadeeshtił
|
hadiidtił
|
hadadiidtił
|
| 2nd person
|
hadíítił
|
hadoohtił
|
hadadoohtił
|
| 3rd person
|
hadootił
|
hadadootił
|
| 4th person
|
hazhdootił
|
hadazhdootił
|
Verbal stems
- ITERATIVE: -tił
- OPTATIVE: -teeł