Navajo edit

Etymology edit

y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, detransitive/anticausative)-chʼąął (imperfective stem of root -CHʼĄ́Ą́L, “to move suspended”).

Verb edit

yilchʼąął

  1. he/she is moving while hanging or dangling

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishchʼąął yiilchʼąął deiilchʼąął
2nd person nilchʼąął wołchʼąął daałchʼąął
3rd person yilchʼąął daalchʼąął
4th person jilchʼąął dajilchʼąął
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishchʼą́ą́l yiilchʼą́ą́l dashiilchʼą́ą́l
2nd person yínílchʼą́ą́l woołchʼą́ą́l dashoołchʼą́ą́l
3rd person yilchʼą́ą́l daashchʼą́ą́l
4th person joolchʼą́ą́l dajishchʼą́ą́l

Verbal stems edit

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -chʼąął
  • PERFECTIVE: -chʼą́ą́l
  • FUTURE: -chʼął
  • ITERATIVE: -chʼął
  • OPTATIVE: -chʼąął