chʼéʼnééh
Navajo
Etymology
chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ni-3s-Ø - (thematic) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).
Verb
chʼéʼnééh
- he/she/it is crawling out horizontally (as from an enclosure)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | chʼíníshʼnééh | chʼíniiʼnééh | chʼídaniiʼnééh |
2nd person | chʼíníʼnééh | chʼínóhʼnééh | chʼídanohʼnééh |
3rd person | chʼéʼnééh | chʼídaaʼnééh | |
4th person | chʼíjíʼnééh | chʼídajíʼnééh |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | chʼíníshʼnaʼ | chʼíniiʼnaʼ | chʼídaniiʼnaʼ |
2nd person | chʼííníʼnaʼ | chʼínoohʼnaʼ | chʼídanoohʼnaʼ |
3rd person | chʼéʼnaʼ | chʼídaasʼnaʼ | |
4th person | chʼíjíʼnaʼ | chʼídajisʼnaʼ |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | chʼídeeshʼnah | chʼídiiʼnah | chʼídadiiʼnah |
2nd person | chʼídííʼnah | chʼídoohʼnah | chʼídadoohʼnah |
3rd person | chʼídooʼnah | chʼídadooʼnah | |
4th person | chʼízhdooʼnah | chʼídazhdooʼnah |
Verbal stems
- ITERATIVE: -nah
- OPTATIVE: -nééh
Related terms
Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with chʼí- (disjunct)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ni-3s-Ø -
- Navajo terms with uncategorized prefix
- Navajo terms prefixed with d- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -NAʼ (crawl)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo verbs undergoing partial da-shift
- Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (ni/ni) aspect