chʼíheetʼeʼ

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -hi- (seriative) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tʼeʼ (momentaneous stem of root -TʼEʼ, “to propel SSO/AnO”)

Verb

chʼíheetʼeʼ

  1. to go skipping or hopping out horizontally (as out of a door)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼíhinishtʼeʼ chʼíhiniitʼeʼ chʼídahiniitʼeʼ
2nd person chʼíhinítʼeʼ chʼíhinohtʼeʼ chʼídahinohtʼeʼ
3rd person chʼíheetʼeʼ chʼídaheetʼeʼ
4th person chʼíjiitʼeʼ chʼídajiitʼeʼ

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 287.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 543
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