chʼííłtʼééh
Navajo
Etymology
chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).
Verb
chʼííłtʼééh
- he/she is extending it out horizontally (as a rope, a wire or a fence)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | chʼíníshtʼééh | chʼíniiltʼééh | chʼídaniiltʼééh |
| 2nd person | chʼíníłtʼééh | chʼínółtʼééh | chʼídanołtʼééh |
| 3rd person | chʼííłtʼééh | chʼídeíłtʼééh | |
| 4th person | chʼíjíłtʼééh | chʼídajíłtʼééh | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | chʼíníłtʼiʼ | chʼíniiltʼiʼ | chʼídaniiltʼiʼ |
| 2nd person | chʼííníłtʼiʼ | chʼínoołtʼiʼ | chʼídanoołtʼiʼ |
| 3rd person | chʼíiníłtʼiʼ | chʼídeistʼiʼ | |
| 4th person | chʼízhníłtʼiʼ | chʼídajistʼiʼ | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | chʼídeeshtʼih | chʼídiiltʼih | chʼídadiiltʼih |
| 2nd person | chʼídííłtʼih | chʼídoołtʼih | chʼídadoołtʼih |
| 3rd person | chʼíidoołtʼih | chʼídeidoołtʼih | |
| 4th person | chʼízhdoołtʼih | chʼídazhdoołtʼih | |
Verbal stems
- ITERATIVE: -tʼih
- OPTATIVE: -tʼééh
Related terms
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 548