chʼéyéés

Navajo

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -yéés (imperfective stem of root -YIZ, “to turn, to move with a turning motion”).

Verb

chʼéyéés

it is sliding out horizontally (as a boulder from a tunnel)

Conjugation

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

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	chʼéyéés
PERFECTIVE	chʼíníyiz
FUTURE	chʼídooyis

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