ałtʼees

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -tʼees (conclusive imperfective stem of root -TʼÉ, “to cook — intransitive”)

Verb

ałtʼees

  1. to do cooking, cook something unspecified

Conjugation

Paradigm: Conclusive (∅/si)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person astʼees iiltʼees daʼiiltʼees
2nd person íłtʼees ołtʼees daʼołtʼees
3rd person ałtʼees daʼałtʼees
4th person ajiłtʼees daʼjiłtʼees
perfective singular duoplural plural
1st person aséłtʼé asiiltʼé daʼsiiltʼé
2nd person asíníłtʼé asoołtʼé daʼsoołtʼé
3rd person astʼé daʼastʼé
4th person ajistʼé daʼjistʼé

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 124.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 536
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