"yimal" meaning in Navajo

See yimal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -mal (durative imperfective stem of root -MAL, “to gobble”). Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|3o|a}} y- (3rd person object prefix), {{nv-prefix|3s}} ∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{nv-prefix|∅}} -∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|3o|3s|∅}} y- (3rd 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 imperfective}} + -mal (durative imperfective 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}} yimal Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], yishmal [first-person, imperfective, singular], yiiʼmal [duoplural, first-person, imperfective], deiiʼmal [first-person, imperfective, plural], nimal [imperfective, second-person, singular], wohmal [duoplural, imperfective, second-person], daahmal [imperfective, plural, second-person], yimal [duoplural, imperfective, singular, third-person], deimal [imperfective, plural, third-person], jimal [duoplural, fourth-person, imperfective, singular], dajimal [fourth-person, imperfective, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], yímal [first-person, perfective, singular], yiiʼmal [duoplural, first-person, perfective], deiiʼmal [first-person, perfective, plural], yínímal [perfective, second-person, singular], woomal [duoplural, perfective, second-person], daoomal [perfective, plural, second-person], yiyíímal [duoplural, perfective, singular, third-person], dayíímal [perfective, plural, third-person], jíímal [duoplural, fourth-person, perfective, singular], dajíímal [fourth-person, perfective, plural]
  1. he/she is gobbling it, eating it quickly

Inflected forms

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        "first-person",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "yínímal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "woomal",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "daoomal",
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        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "duoplural",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "perfective",
        "plural"
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      "form": "yínímal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "woomal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "daoomal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
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        "second-person"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "duoplural",
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "jíímal",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "duoplural",
        "fourth-person",
        "perfective",
        "singular"
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    },
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}

Download raw JSONL data for yimal meaning in Navajo (3.9kB)

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