ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼaał (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼAAL, “to eat a hard object”).
aʼaał (intransitive)
Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | ashʼaał | iitʼaał | daʼiitʼaał |
2nd person | íʼaał | ohʼaał | daʼohʼaał |
3rd person | aʼaał | daʼaʼaał | |
4th person | ajiʼaał | daʼjiʼaał |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | ííʼaal | iitʼaal | daʼiitʼaal |
2nd person | ííníʼaal | ooʼaal | daʼooʼaal |
3rd person | ííʼaal | daʼííʼaal | |
4th person | ajííʼaal | daʼjííʼaal |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | adeeshʼał | adiitʼał | daʼdiitʼał |
2nd person | adííʼał | adoohʼał | daʼdoohʼał |
3rd person | adooʼał | daʼdooʼał | |
4th person | azhdooʼał | dazhʼdooʼał |