Navajo edit

Etymology edit

di- (inceptive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go — 3+ actors”).

Verb edit

dikááh

  1. he/she starts go along (with at least two other people, as part of a group), they (3+) start to go along

Usage notes edit

This stem is used for going in group. For individual movement, see dighááh. For movement in pairs, see diʼaash.

Singular forms of this verb, such as dishkááh, refer to one subject involved in a movement as a group of three or more.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person dishkááh diikááh dadiikááh
2nd person díkááh dohkááh dadohkááh
3rd person dikááh dadikááh
4th person jidikááh dazhdikááh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person déskai deekai dadeekai
2nd person díníkai disoohkai dadisoohkai
3rd person deeskai dadeeskai
4th person jideeskai dazhdeeskai
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person dideeshkah didiikah dadidiikah
2nd person didííkah didoohkah dadidoohkah
3rd person didookah dadidookah
4th person dizhdookah dazhdidookah

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