chʼííłʼá
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -ʼá (imperfective stem of root -ʼAʼ, “to send”)
Verb
[edit]chʼííłʼá
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | chʼíníshʼá | chʼíniilʼá | chʼídaniilʼá |
| 2nd person | chʼíníłʼá | chʼínółʼá | chʼídanołʼá |
| 3rd person | chʼííłʼá | chʼídeíłʼá | |
| 4th person | chʼíjíłʼá | chʼídajíłʼá | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | chʼíníłʼaʼ | chʼíniilʼaʼ | chʼídaniilʼaʼ |
| 2nd person | chʼííníłʼaʼ | chʼínoołʼaʼ | chʼídanoołʼaʼ |
| 3rd person | chʼíiníłʼaʼ | chʼídeisʼaʼ | |
| 4th person | chʼízhníłʼaʼ | chʼídajisʼaʼ | |
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 293.
Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with chʼí- (disjunct)
- Navajo terms prefixed with y- (object)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ni- (modal)
- Navajo terms prefixed with ł- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼAʼ (send)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo verbs undergoing partial da-shift
- Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (ni/ni) aspect