Navajo edit

Etymology edit

di- (extension) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-tʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TʼIʼ, “a slender flexible object extends”).

Verb edit

ditʼééh

  1. (third person) it lines up, forms a line, extends in a line (as a rope, a wire or a fence)
  2. (in the plural) they line up, form a line (as people)
    Chʼiyáán biniiyé dohtʼééh!Line up for food!

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: 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

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