chʼííłtʼááh

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chʼí- (out horizontally) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative)-tʼááh (imperfective stem of root -TʼAʼ, “to fly”)

Verb[edit]

chʼííłtʼááh

  1. he/she is flying it out horizontally (a plane as from a canyon or another country)

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼíníshtʼááh chʼíniiltʼááh chʼídaniiltʼááh
2nd person chʼíníłtʼááh chʼínółtʼááh chʼídanołtʼááh
3rd person chʼííłtʼááh chʼídeíłtʼááh
4th person chʼíjíłtʼááh chʼídajíłtʼááh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼíníłtʼaʼ chʼíniiltʼaʼ chʼídaniiltʼaʼ
2nd person chʼííníłtʼaʼ chʼínoołtʼaʼ chʼídanoołtʼaʼ
3rd person chʼíiníłtʼaʼ chʼídeistʼaʼ
4th person chʼízhníłtʼaʼ chʼídajistʼaʼ
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼídeeshtʼah chʼídiiltʼah chʼídadiiltʼah
2nd person chʼídííłtʼah chʼídoołtʼah chʼídadoołtʼah
3rd person chʼíidoołtʼah chʼídeidoołtʼah
4th person chʼízhdoołtʼah chʼídazhdoołtʼah

Verbal stems[edit]

  • ITERATIVE: -tʼah
  • OPTATIVE: -tʼááh

Related terms[edit]