See also: yílchʼął

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

yi- (progressive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, detransitive/anticausative)-chʼął (progressive stem of root -CHʼĄ́Ą́L, “to move suspended”).

Verb edit

yilchʼął

  1. (with adah, bidah, or hadah) he/she/it is in the process of moving downward hanging by a handle, string, or cord

Usage notes edit

This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person yishchʼął yiilchʼął deíníilchʼąął
2nd person yílchʼął wołchʼął deínółchʼąął
3rd person yilchʼął deílchʼąął
4th person joolchʼął dajílchʼąął

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