chʼííłtsóós

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tsóós (imperfective stem of root -TSOOZ, “to handle a flat flexible object”).

Verb

chʼííłtsóós

  1. to carry it (a flat flexible object) out horizontally, go out carrying it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni).

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼínístsóós chʼíniiltsóós chʼídaniiltsóós
2nd person chʼíníłtsóós chʼínółtsóós chʼídanołtsóós
3rd person chʼííłtsóós chʼídeíłtsóós
4th person chʼíjíłtsóós chʼídajíłtsóós

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 657.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 619
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