nahałʼin

Navajo

Etymology

na- (atelic, circuital) + -ho- (“space, area, things”) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ʼin (durative imperfective stem of root -ʼĮĮD, “to bark”).

Verb

nahałʼin

it (a dog) barks

Usage notes

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.

This verb has an alternative si-perfective nahasʼįįd, which may rather belong to a Continuative (Ø/si) paradigm.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Durative (Ø/yi), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	nahałʼin
PERFECTIVE	nahóółʼįįd
FUTURE	nahodoołʼįįd

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