-GHAL

Navajo

Root

-GHAL

1. to move in a rolling, undulating, or turning manner; wriggle
2. (by extension) to eat meat, move the eyes

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous	-ghaał	-ghal	-ghał	-ghal	-ghaał
Momentaneous	-ghááł	-ghal	-ghał	-ghal	-ghááł
CON/DIS	-ghaał	-ghal	-ghał	-gał	-ghaał
Continuative	-ghaał	-ghal	-ghał	-ghał	-ghaał
Reversitative	-ghal	-ghal	-ghal	-ghal	-ghal

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -GHAL (wriggle)

hilghaał

Navajo terms belonging to the root -GHAL (eat meat)

alghał

yilghał

Navajo terms belonging to the root -GHAL (move eyes)

dighaał

yighaał

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 329.