haałʼeeł

Etymology

ha- (up out) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-ʼeeł (momentaneous stem of root -ʼÉÉL, “to float”)

Verb

haałʼeeł

  1. a wet spot or moist area forms

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE haałʼeeł
PERFECTIVE hááłʼéél

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 187