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
- 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 |