chʼéyéés

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chʼí- (out horizontally) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-yéés (imperfective stem of root -YIZ, “to turn, to move with a turning motion”).

Verb[edit]

chʼéyéés

  1. it is sliding out horizontally (as a boulder from a tunnel)

Conjugation[edit]

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chʼéyéés
PERFECTIVE chʼíníyiz
FUTURE chʼídooyis

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