-CHʼAL

Etymology

Cognate with Navajo chʼał (“frog”), which is from Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼəx̣tɬʼ

Root

-CHʼAL

  1. to lap (up liquid)

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -chʼáál -chʼal -chʼał -chʼał -chʼáál
DUR -chʼal -chʼal -chʼał -chʼał -chʼal
REP -chʼał — — — —

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼAL (lap)
yiłchʼal

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 98
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