chʼéldóóh

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

chʼéldóóh

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

Conjugation

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

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	chʼéldóóh
PERFECTIVE	chʼéldo
FUTURE	chʼídooldoh

Verbal stems

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

Related terms

• haaldóóh
• iiłdóóh
• naaldo
• neiłdo
• yoołdoh