chʼíneetʼaah

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ni- (“round shape”) + -ee- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ʼaah (imperfective stem of root -ʼĄ́, “to handle SRO”)

Verb

chʼíneetʼaah

  1. to stick one's head out slowly (as out of a window)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person chʼíninishtʼaah chʼíniniitʼaah chʼídaniniitʼaah
2nd person chʼíninítʼaah chʼíninohtʼaah chʼídaninohtʼaah
3rd person chʼíneetʼaah chʼídaneetʼaah
4th person chʼízhneetʼaah chʼídazhneetʼaah

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 291.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 14
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