chʼííłtʼééh

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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)-tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb[edit]

chʼííłtʼééh

  1. he/she is extending it out horizontally (as a rope, a wire or a fence)

Conjugation[edit]

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

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼíníshtʼééh chʼíniiltʼééh chʼídaniiltʼééh
2nd person chʼíníłtʼééh chʼínółtʼééh chʼídanołtʼééh
3rd person chʼííłtʼééh chʼídeíłtʼééh
4th person chʼíjíłtʼééh chʼídajíłtʼééh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼíníłtʼiʼ chʼíniiltʼiʼ chʼídaniiltʼiʼ
2nd person chʼííníłtʼiʼ chʼínoołtʼiʼ chʼídanoołtʼiʼ
3rd person chʼíiníłtʼiʼ chʼídeistʼiʼ
4th person chʼízhníłtʼiʼ chʼídajistʼiʼ
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼídeeshtʼih chʼídiiltʼih chʼídadiiltʼih
2nd person chʼídííłtʼih chʼídoołtʼih chʼídadoołtʼih
3rd person chʼíidoołtʼih chʼídeidoołtʼih
4th person chʼízhdoołtʼih chʼídazhdoołtʼih

Verbal stems[edit]

  • ITERATIVE: -tʼih
  • OPTATIVE: -tʼééh

Related terms[edit]