ʼá-

• á-

ʼá-

2. marks the comparative aspect of neuter imperfective verbs

   ‎nineez (“it’s tall (ni-∅-neez)”) + ‎ʼá- → ‎áníłnééz (“it is taller (á-ní-ł-nééz)”)

• Followed by the comparative suffix ní-.

ʼá-

1. thus; this way

ʼá-

1. thematic prefix occurring on verbs describing doing, making, or being

ʼá-

1. a thematic prefix occurring with verbs describing dwindling

• 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 37.