chʼéchííł

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chííł (momentaneous stem of root -CHÍÍL, “to snow”)

Verb

chʼéchííł

  1. a snowstorm moves out horizontally (as from a canyon)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chʼéchííł
PERFECTIVE chʼíníchííl

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 93
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