-BAAL
See also: Appendix:Variations of "baal"
Navajo
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *wa̓l (“to hang”).
Root
-BAAL
- FFO hangs
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | positional |
S hangs
|
S hangs O
|
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| ná + ∅ | ? |
S turns quickly |
S turns O quickly |
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| ∅ | successive |
S flaps, waves |
S flaps or waves O |
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| ∅ | ? |
S careens
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -baał | -baal | -bał | -bał | -baał |
| Reversative | -bał | -baal | -bał | -bał | -bał |
| Repetitive | -bal | — | — | — | — |
| Semelfactive | -bał | -bał | -bał | -bał | -bał |
| Neuter | — | -baal | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
FFO verbs:
to turn, to whirl:
to hang:
Derived terms
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 46