-YĄ́Ą́ʼ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "yaa"
Navajo
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *hanʸ (“to eat”).
The first consonant fuses with the preceding consonant from classifiers or subject prefixes, resulting in various alternations : YĄ́Ą́ʼ, DĄ́Ą́ʼ, SĄ́Ą́ʼ, SHĄ́Ą́ʼ, ZĄ́Ą́ʼ.
Compare also Navajo dą́ą́ʼ (“food, corn”).
Root
-YĄ́Ą́ʼ
- to eat
| Theme | Category | Bases | + Unspec object | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O + ∅ | operative |
S eats O
|
S eats |
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| O + d | operative |
S overeats O
|
S overeats
|
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| O + ł | operative |
S feeds P with O
|
S feeds P
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -yį́į́h | -yą́ą́ʼ | -yį́į́ł | -yį́į́h | -yą́ą́ʼ |
| Diversative/Distributive | -yą́ | -yą́ą́ʼ | -yį́į́ł | -yį́į́h | -yą́ą́ʼ |
| Continuative | -yąʼ | -yą́ą́ʼ | -yįįł | -yįįh | -yąʼ |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to eat:
Derived terms
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 691