chʼétʼááh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chʼí- (out horizontally) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-tʼááh (imperfective stem of root -TʼAʼ, “to fly”).

Verb[edit]

chʼétʼááh

  1. it is flying out horizontally (as from an enclosure)

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chʼétʼááh
PERFECTIVE chʼétʼaʼ
FUTURE chʼídootʼah