Navajo edit

Etymology edit

chʼí- (out horizontally) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier)-dóóh (imperfective stem of root -DO, “gas floats”).

Verb edit

chʼéldóóh

  1. it floats, drifts out horizontally through the air (smoke, cloud, a balloon)

Conjugation edit

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

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chʼéldóóh
PERFECTIVE chʼéldo
FUTURE chʼídooldoh

Verbal stems edit

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -dóóh
  • PERFECTIVE: -do
  • FUTURE: -doh
  • ITERATIVE: -doh
  • OPTATIVE: -dóóh

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