chʼétʼééh

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb

chʼétʼééh

  1. it extends out horizontally (as a rope, a wire or a fence)

Conjugation

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chʼétʼééh
PERFECTIVE chʼínítʼiʼ
FUTURE chʼídootih

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 294.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 546
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