chʼínéísííd

Navajo

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -zííd (imperfective stem of root -ZID, “to be aware, to gather awareness”).

Verb

chʼínéísííd

1. he/she is waking him/her up, awakens him/her, reawakens him/her

Conjugation

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

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼéénísííd	chʼééniilzííd	chʼéédaniilzííd
2nd person	chʼéénísííd	chʼéénóhsííd	chʼéédanohsííd
3rd person	chʼínéísííd		chʼéédayísííd
4th person	chʼééjísííd		chʼéédajísííd

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼéénísid	chʼééniilzid	chʼéédaniilzid
2nd person	chʼééínísid	chʼéénoosid	chʼéédanoosid
3rd person	chʼééyinísid		chʼéédeisid
4th person	chʼéézhnísid		chʼéédajisid

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼéédeesił	chʼéédiisił	chʼéédadiisił
2nd person	chʼéédíísił	chʼéédoohsił	chʼéédadoohsił
3rd person	chʼínéidoosił		chʼéédeidoosił
4th person	chʼéézhdoosił		chʼéédazhdoosił

Related terms

• chʼínádzííd