chʼétʼééh

Navajo

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb

chʼétʼééh

it extends out horizontally (as a rope, a wire or a fence)

Conjugation

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

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	chʼétʼééh
PERFECTIVE	chʼínítʼiʼ
FUTURE	chʼídootih

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