aʼaał

== Navajo == === Etymology === ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼaał (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼAAL, “to eat a hard object”). === Verb === aʼaał (intransitive) he/she is chewing (something hard or tough) he/she is eating (something hard or tough) ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Durative (∅/yi). ==== Verbal stems ==== IMPERFECTIVE: -ʼaał PERFECTIVE: -ʼaal FUTURE: -ʼał ITERATIVE: -ʼał OPTATIVE: -ʼaał ==== Related terms ==== yiʼaał ==== See also ==== adlą́ (liquid) aʼaał (hard) aldeeł (plural) alghał (meat) alkeed (chunky) ałchozh (leafy) ałtsʼééh (mushy)