dilchʼąął

Navajo

Etymology

di- (inceptive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, detransitive/anticausative) + -chʼąął (imperfective stem of root -CHʼĄ́Ą́L, “to move suspended”).

Verb

dilchʼąął

1. he/she/it starts to move while hanging or dangling to a cord or handle

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/si).

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	déshchʼą́ą́l	deelchʼą́ą́l	dadeelchʼą́ą́l
2nd person	dínílchʼą́ą́l	dishoołchʼą́ą́l	dadishoołchʼą́ą́l
3rd person	deeshchʼą́ą́l		dadeeshchʼą́ą́l
4th person	jideeshchʼą́ą́l		dazhdeeshchʼą́ą́l

Related terms

• haiłchʼąął
• iiłchʼąął
• naalchʼąął
• neiłchʼąął
• yidiłchʼąął
• yilchʼąął
• yíłchʼąął
• yilchʼął
• yoołchʼął