chʼéʼnééh
Navajo
Etymology
chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -Ø- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | chʼíníshʼnééh | chʼíniiʼnééh | chʼídaniiʼnééh |
2nd person | chʼíníʼnééh | chʼínóhʼnééh | chʼídanohʼnééh |
3rd person | chʼéʼnééh | chʼídaaʼnééh | |
4th person | chʼíjíʼnééh | chʼídajíʼnééh |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | chʼíníshʼnaʼ | chʼíniiʼnaʼ | chʼídaniiʼnaʼ |
2nd person | chʼííníʼnaʼ | chʼínoohʼnaʼ | chʼídanoohʼnaʼ |
3rd person | chʼéʼnaʼ | chʼídaasʼnaʼ | |
4th person | chʼíjíʼnaʼ | chʼídajisʼnaʼ |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | chʼídeeshʼnah | chʼídiiʼnah | chʼídadiiʼnah |
2nd person | chʼídííʼnah | chʼídoohʼnah | chʼídadoohʼnah |
3rd person | chʼídooʼnah | chʼídadooʼnah | |
4th person | chʼízhdooʼnah | chʼídazhdooʼnah |
Verbal stems
- ITERATIVE: -nah
- OPTATIVE: -nééh
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