chʼííłchʼąął
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -chʼąął (imperfective stem of root -CHʼĄ́Ą́L, “to move suspended”).
Verb
[edit]chʼííłchʼąął
- he/she is taking him/her/it out horizontally on a handle, string, or cord
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | chʼíníshchʼąął | chʼíniilchʼąął | chʼídaniilchʼąął |
| 2nd person | chʼíníłchʼąął | chʼínółchʼąął | chʼídanołchʼąął |
| 3rd person | chʼííłchʼąął | chʼídeíłchʼąął | |
| 4th person | chʼíjíłchʼąął | chʼídajíłchʼąął | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | chʼíníłchʼą́ą́l | chʼíniilchʼą́ą́l | chʼídaniilchʼą́ą́l |
| 2nd person | chʼííníłchʼą́ą́l | chʼínoołchʼą́ą́l | chʼídanoołchʼą́ą́l |
| 3rd person | chʼíiníłchʼą́ą́l | chʼídeishchʼą́ą́l | |
| 4th person | chʼízhníłchʼą́ą́l | chʼídajishchʼą́ą́l | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | chʼídeeshchʼął | chʼídiilchʼął | chʼídadiilchʼął |
| 2nd person | chʼídííłchʼął | chʼídoołchʼął | chʼídadoołchʼął |
| 3rd person | chʼíidoołchʼął | chʼídeidoołchʼął | |
| 4th person | chʼízhdoołchʼął | chʼídazhdoołchʼął | |
Related terms
[edit]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 292.
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 -CHʼĄ́Ą́L (move suspended)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo verbs undergoing partial da-shift
- Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (ni/ni) aspect