yaalkaal

Etymology

ya- (“up or down, vertically”) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -kaal (neuter imperfective stem of root -KÁÁL, “to spread”)

Verb

yaalkaal

  1. it sticks up into the air (as a cat's tail)
  2. it shoots up into the air in a column (as water from a fountain)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), third person only.

This verb has no other forms.

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 313
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