chʼélnood
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -nood (imperfective stem of root -NÓÓD, “to dart”).
Verb
[edit]chʼélnood
- it (an elongated or fish shaped animal or thing) is darting out horizontally, rushing out (from an enclosure)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift, third person only.
| 3rd person singular | |
|---|---|
| IMPERFECTIVE | chʼélnood |
| PERFECTIVE | chʼélnóód |
| FUTURE | chʼídoonoł |
| ITERATIVE | chʼínálnoʼ |
| OPTATIVE | chʼóolnood |
References
[edit]- Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 278.
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 463
Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with chʼí- (disjunct)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ni- (modal)
- Navajo terms prefixed with l- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -NÓÓD (dart)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo verbs undergoing partial da-shift
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (ni/ni) aspect