chʼííʼaah

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ʼaah (imperfective stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle SRO”)

Verb

chʼííʼaah

  1. to take or carry a solid roundish object (SRO) out horizontally (gloss as a box from a room)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼíníshʼaah chʼíniitʼaah chʼídaniitʼaah
2nd person chʼíníʼaah chʼínóhʼaah chʼídanohʼaah
3rd person chʼííʼaah chʼídeíʼaah
4th person chʼíjíʼaah chʼídajíʼaah
perfective singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼíníʼą́ chʼíniitʼą́ chʼídaniitʼą́
2nd person chʼííníʼą́ chʼínooʼą́ chʼídanooʼą́
3rd person chʼíiníʼą́ chʼídeizʼą́
4th person chʼízhníʼą́ chʼídajizʼą́

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 14
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