dighááh
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Etymology edit
di- (inceptive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) +
- ∅- (classifier) + -ááh (imperfective stem of root -YÁ, “to go, to walk — 1 actor”)
- ∅- (classifier) + -ʼaash (imperfective stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go, to walk — 2 actors”)
- d- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go, to walk — 3 actors”)
Verb edit
dighááh
- (in all modes except in the perfective) he/she starts to go; (in the perfective) he/she has started to go, is about to go, intends to go, is on the way to.
- Biiʼndaʼaʼnéhégóó deetʼáázh. ― He and I are going to the gym.
- Wááshindoongóó déyá ― I’m going to Washington.
- Naʼnízhoozhígóó deekai ― We’re about to go to Gallup.
- Hoozdohgóósh dishooʼáázh? ― Are you two going to Phoenix?
- (with chʼééh) (imperf.) he/she is getting tired; (perf.) he/she is tired.
- (with bikʼi-) he/she quits it, gives it up, discontinues it
- Anáhoʼniiłtį́įhgo biniinaa náháshgodę́ę bikʼinídíshdááh. ― I stop hoeing again and again because it keeps starting to rain.
Usage notes edit
Like all go-verbs, this verb uses three different roots for 1 subject going alone, 2 subjects going in a pair, and 3+ subjects going in a group. All three roots can be conjugated in all 3 numbers (singular, duoplural, distributive plural), with practical different meanings. See chʼéghááh, chʼéʼaash, chʼékááh for further details.
Conjugation edit
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
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1st person | dishááh | diitʼaash | diikááh |
2nd person | dínááh | dohʼaash | dohkááh |
3rd person | dighááh | diʼaash | dikááh |
4th person | jidighááh | jidiʼaash | jidikááh |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | déyá | deetʼáázh | deekai |
2nd person | díníyá | dishooʼáázh | disoohkai |
3rd person | deeyá | deezhʼáázh | deeskai |
4th person | jideeyá | jideezhʼáázh | jideeskai |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | dideeshááł | didiitʼash | didiikah |
2nd person | didíínááł | didoohʼash | didoohkah |
3rd person | didoogááł | didooʼash | didookah |
4th person | jididoogááł | jididooʼash | jididookah |