chʼíhiʼnilchééh
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ʼah- (reciprocal) + -ni- (thematic) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -chééh (imperfective stem of root -CHĄ́Ą́ʼ, “to flee”).
Verb
[edit]chʼíhiʼnilchééh
- to run out horizontally, come into view running (of two actors)
See also
[edit]- chʼélyeed (1), chʼíhiʼnilchééh (2), chʼéjeeh (3+) (to run out horizontally)
- chʼéghááh (1), chʼéʼaash (2), chʼékááh (3+) (to go out horizontally)
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 283.
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 77