chʼínísé

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ni- (thematic) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -yé (momentaneous stem of root -YĄ́, “to grow”). In this root, the ł- classifier and initial /j/ merge to form /s/.

Verb

chʼínísé

  1. to grow out horizontally (as a plant growing out a window or pipe)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chʼínísé
PERFECTIVE chʼíninísą́

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 680
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