"amal" meaning in Navajo

See amal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -mal (durative stem of root -MAL, “to gobble”) Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|a|a}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix), {{nv-prefix|3s}} ∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{nv-prefix|-}} -∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|a|3s|-}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-mal</i>}} -mal, {{nv-link-to-stem|-mal|durative}} + -mal (durative stem of, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-MAL</i>}} -MAL, {{nv-link-to-root|-MAL|gobble}} root -MAL, “to gobble”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} amal, {{nv-verb}} amal Inflection templates: {{nv-conj|impf|∅|∅|mal|obj=a}}, {{nv-conj|perf|yi|∅|mal|obj=a}}, {{nv-conj-block|<templatestyles src="Template:inflection-table-top/style.css" /> <templatestyles src="Template:inflection-table-top/style.css" />}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ashmal [first-person, imperfective, singular], iiʼmal [duoplural, first-person, imperfective], daʼiiʼmal [first-person, imperfective, plural], ímal [imperfective, second-person, singular], ohmal [duoplural, imperfective, second-person], daʼohmal [imperfective, plural, second-person], amal [duoplural, imperfective, singular, third-person], daʼamal [imperfective, plural, third-person], ajimal [duoplural, fourth-person, imperfective, singular], daʼjimal [fourth-person, imperfective, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], íímal [first-person, perfective, singular], iiʼmal [duoplural, first-person, perfective], daʼiiʼmal [first-person, perfective, plural], íínímal [perfective, second-person, singular], oomal [duoplural, perfective, second-person], daʼoomal [perfective, plural, second-person], íímal [duoplural, perfective, singular, third-person], daʼíímal [perfective, plural, third-person], ajíímal [duoplural, fourth-person, perfective, singular], daʼjíímal [fourth-person, perfective, plural]
  1. to eat fast, be gobbling down food

Inflected forms

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      ]
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      "form": "íímal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iiʼmal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼiiʼmal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
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    },
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      "form": "íínímal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oomal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼoomal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
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        "third-person"
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        "perfective",
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        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "amal",
      "name": "head"
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "amal",
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "impf",
        "2": "∅",
        "3": "∅",
        "4": "mal",
        "obj": "a"
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      "name": "nv-conj"
    },
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        "2": "yi",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -MAL (gobble)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "source": "w"
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          "source": "w"
        }
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          "eat"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
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        [
          "gobbling",
          "gobbling"
        ]
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      "form": "ímal",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ohmal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼohmal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼamal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ajimal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼjimal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "fourth-person",
        "imperfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nv-conj-block",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íímal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iiʼmal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "first-person",
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼiiʼmal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íínímal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oomal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daʼoomal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "íímal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "perfective",
        "plural"
      ]
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      },
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      "args": {},
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        "Navajo lemmas",
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        "Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (object)",
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        "Navajo verbs",
        "Navajo verbs in the durative (∅/yi) aspect",
        "Pages with 12 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "to eat fast, be gobbling down food"
      ],
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          "eat",
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          "fast",
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          "gobbling",
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      ]
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  ],
  "word": "amal"
}

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