nahachaʼ

Navajo

Etymology

na- (atelic, circuital) + -hi- (seriative) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chaʼ (continuative imperfective stem of root -CHAʼ, “to hop”).

Verb

nahachaʼ

1. he/she/it is hopping or hobbling around with the feet together

Conjugation

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nahashchaʼ	nahiichaʼ	ndahiichaʼ
2nd person	nahíchaʼ	nahohchaʼ	ndahohchaʼ
3rd person	nahachaʼ		ndahachaʼ
4th person	njiichaʼ		ndajiichaʼ

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nahéchaʼ / naháchaʼ	nahaachaʼ / naheechaʼ	ndaheechaʼ
2nd person	nahíníchaʼ	nahisoochaʼ	ndahisoochaʼ
3rd person	nahaazhchaʼ		ndahaazhchaʼ
4th person	njiizhchaʼ		ndajiizhchaʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nahideeshchah	nahidiichah	ndahidiichah
2nd person	nahidííchah	nahidoohchah	ndahidoohchah
3rd person	nahidoochah		ndahidoochah
4th person	nahizhdoochah		ndahizhdoochah