"eelʼá" meaning in Navajo

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Verb

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], eelʼá [duoplural, perfective, singular, third-person], adaasʼá [distributive, perfective, plural, third-person]
Etymology: ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (modal) + -l- (classifier) + -ʼá (neuter perfective stem of the root -ʼÁ, “to extend”) Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|a|a}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix), {{nv-prefix|yi}} -yi- (modal), {{nv-prefix|l}} -l- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|a|yi|l}} ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -yi- (modal) + -l- (classifier), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-ʼá</i>}} -ʼá, {{nv-link-to-stem|-ʼá|neuter perfective}} + -ʼá (neuter perfective stem of the, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-ʼÁ</i>}} -ʼÁ, {{nv-link-to-root|-ʼÁ|extend}} root -ʼÁ, “to extend”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} eelʼá, {{nv-verb}} eelʼá
  1. it extends away and out of sigh (trees, plants, a forest, etc.)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ʼa-",
      "ʼa-#Navajo"
    ],
    [
      "yi-",
      "yi-#Navajo"
    ],
    [
      "l-",
      "l-#Navajo"
    ],
    [
      "-ʼá",
      "-ʼá#Navajo"
    ],
    [
      "-ʼÁ",
      "-ʼÁ#Navajo"
    ]
  ],
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        "1": "a",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi"
      },
      "expansion": "-yi- (modal)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "l"
      },
      "expansion": "-l- (classifier)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-ʼá</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-ʼá",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ʼá",
        "2": "neuter perfective"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ʼá (neuter perfective stem of the",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-ʼÁ</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-ʼÁ",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ʼÁ",
        "2": "extend"
      },
      "expansion": "root -ʼÁ, “to extend”)",
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eelʼá",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adaasʼá",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "distributive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "nv-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "nv",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼÁ (extend)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with l- (classifier)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (modal)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (object)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo verbs in the neuter perfective (yi) aspect",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo verbs used in third person only",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it extends away and out of sigh (trees, plants, a forest, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-eelʼá-nv-verb-oTbbeEEp",
      "links": [
        [
          "extend",
          "extend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ʼa-",
      "ʼa-#Navajo"
    ],
    [
      "yi-",
      "yi-#Navajo"
    ],
    [
      "l-",
      "l-#Navajo"
    ],
    [
      "-ʼá",
      "-ʼá#Navajo"
    ],
    [
      "-ʼÁ",
      "-ʼÁ#Navajo"
    ]
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "a",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi"
      },
      "expansion": "-yi- (modal)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "l"
      },
      "expansion": "-l- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a",
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      },
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      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ʼá",
        "2": "neuter perfective"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ʼá (neuter perfective stem of the",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-ʼÁ</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-ʼÁ",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ʼÁ",
        "2": "extend"
      },
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      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eelʼá",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adaasʼá",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "distributive",
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "eelʼá",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼÁ (extend)",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with l- (classifier)",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (modal)",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ʼa- (object)",
        "Navajo verbs",
        "Navajo verbs in the neuter perfective (yi) aspect",
        "Navajo verbs used in third person only",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it extends away and out of sigh (trees, plants, a forest, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extend",
          "extend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eelʼá"
}

Download raw JSONL data for eelʼá meaning in Navajo (2.3kB)

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