chʼíítįįh

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tįįh (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -TĄ́, “to handle a slender stiff object”).

Verb

chʼíítįįh

  1. to carry it (a slender sliff object) out horizontally, go out carrying it

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni).

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼíníshtįįh chʼíniitįįh chʼídaniitįįh
2nd person chʼínítįįh chʼínóhtįįh chʼídanohtįįh
3rd person chʼíítįįh chʼídeítįįh
4th person chʼíjítįįh chʼídajítįįh

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 474
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