diichʼééh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

di- (oral) + -yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-chʼééh (imperfective stem of root -CHʼEEʼ, “to open the mouth”).

Verb[edit]

diichʼééh

  1. he/she/it is opening his/her/its mouth
  2. Second-person singular imperfective form of diichʼééh
  3. First-person dual imperfective form of diichʼééh

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii)

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person diishchʼééh diichʼééh dadiichʼééh
2nd person diichʼééh doohchʼééh dadoohchʼééh
3rd person diichʼééh dadiichʼééh
4th person jidiichʼééh dazhdiichʼééh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person diichʼeeʼ diichʼeeʼ dadiichʼeeʼ
2nd person dinichʼeeʼ doochʼeeʼ dadoochʼeeʼ
3rd person diichʼeeʼ dadiichʼeeʼ
4th person jidiichʼeeʼ dazhdiichʼeeʼ