chʼédeeł

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -deeł (momentaneous stem of root -DÉÉL, “a solid flexible object moves”)

Verb

chʼédeeł

  1. a solid flexible object or pair of objects comes flying out horizontally, falls out sideways

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chʼédeeł
PERFECTIVE chʼéédéél

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 130
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