chʼíʼílzhíísh

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -zhíísh (momentaneous stem of root -ZHIIZH, “to dance”)

Verb

chʼíʼílzhíísh

  1. to come or go dancing horizontally (as out of a building)
  2. to start to dance

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni)

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 288.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 778
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