chʼííłtʼood

Navajo

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -tʼood (imperfective stem of root -TʼÓÓD, “to suck”).

Verb

chʼííłtʼood

1. he/she is sucking or pumping it out horizontally (as water through a pipe)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼíníshtʼood	chʼíniiltʼood	chʼídaniiltʼood
2nd person	chʼíníłtʼood	chʼínółtʼood	chʼídanołtʼood
3rd person	chʼííłtʼood		chʼídeíłtʼood
4th person	chʼíjíłtʼood		chʼídajíłtʼood

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼíníłtʼóód	chʼíniiltʼóód	chʼídaniiltʼóód
2nd person	chʼííníłtʼóód	chʼínoołtʼóód	chʼídanoołtʼóód
3rd person	chʼíiníłtʼóód		chʼídeistʼóód
4th person	chʼízhníłtʼóód		chʼídajistʼóód

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼídeeshtʼoł	chʼídiiltʼoł	chʼídadiiltʼoł
2nd person	chʼídííłtʼoł	chʼídoołtʼoł	chʼídadoołtʼoł
3rd person	chʼíidoołtʼoł		chʼídeidoołtʼoł
4th person	chʼízhdoołtʼoł		chʼídazhdoołtʼoł

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -tʼood
• PERFECTIVE: -tʼóód
• FUTURE: -tʼoł
• ITERATIVE: -tʼoʼ
• OPTATIVE: -tʼood

Related terms

• chʼííłtʼood
• haiłtʼood
• yiłtʼoʼ
• yiltʼood
• yiłtʼood
• yiyiiłtʼod
• yoołtʼoł