chʼélnood

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -nood (imperfective stem of root -NÓÓD, “to dart”).

Verb

chʼélnood

  1. it (an elongated or fish shaped animal or thing) is darting out horizontally, rushing out (from an enclosure)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift, third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chʼélnood
PERFECTIVE chʼélnóód
FUTURE chʼídoonoł
ITERATIVE chʼínálnoʼ
OPTATIVE chʼóolnood

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 278.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 463
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