ditʼééh
Navajo
editEtymology
editdi- (extension) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).
Verb
editditʼééh
- (third person) it lines up, forms a line, extends in a line (as a rope, a wire or a fence)
- (in the plural) they line up, form a line (as people)
Conjugation
editParadigm: Momentaneous (∅/si), plural only, third person only.
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | — | diitʼééh | dadiitʼééh |
2nd person | — | dohtʼééh | dadohtʼééh |
3rd person | ditʼééh | daditʼééh | |
4th person | jiditʼééh | dazhditʼééh |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | — | deetʼiʼ | dadeetʼiʼ |
2nd person | — | disootʼiʼ | dadisootʼiʼ |
3rd person | deeztʼiʼ | dadeeztʼiʼ | |
4th person | jideeztʼiʼ | dazhdeeztʼiʼ |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | — | didiitʼih | dadidiitʼih |
2nd person | — | didoohtʼih | dadidoohtʼih |
3rd person | didootʼih | dadidootʼih | |
4th person | dizhdootʼih | dazhdidootʼih |