yiiltał

Etymology 1

yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -taał (semelfactive stem of root -TÁÁL, “to pop”)

Verb

yiiltał

  1. to burst, pop (as a pimple, blister, or something filled with gas or liquid)
Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (∅/si), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE yiiltał
PERFECTIVE yistał
FUTURE doołtał
ITERATIVE néiltał
OPTATIVE wooltał

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 796.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 489

Etymology 2

Verb

yiiltał

  1. first-person duoplural of yiltał
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