chʼéʼnééh

Navajo

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NAʼ, “to crawl”).

Verb

chʼéʼnééh

1. he/she/it is crawling out horizontally (as from an enclosure)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼíníshʼnééh	chʼíniiʼnééh	chʼídaniiʼnééh
2nd person	chʼíníʼnééh	chʼínóhʼnééh	chʼídanohʼnééh
3rd person	chʼéʼnééh		chʼídaaʼnééh
4th person	chʼíjíʼnééh		chʼídajíʼnééh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼíníshʼnaʼ	chʼíniiʼnaʼ	chʼídaniiʼnaʼ
2nd person	chʼííníʼnaʼ	chʼínoohʼnaʼ	chʼídanoohʼnaʼ
3rd person	chʼéʼnaʼ		chʼídaasʼnaʼ
4th person	chʼíjíʼnaʼ		chʼídajisʼnaʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼídeeshʼnah	chʼídiiʼnah	chʼídadiiʼnah
2nd person	chʼídííʼnah	chʼídoohʼnah	chʼídadoohʼnah
3rd person	chʼídooʼnah		chʼídadooʼnah
4th person	chʼízhdooʼnah		chʼídazhdooʼnah

Verbal stems

• ITERATIVE: -nah
• OPTATIVE: -nééh

Related terms

• diʼnééh
• haaʼnééh
• hiʼnééh
• iiʼnééh
• kʼéʼnééh
• naaʼnaʼ
• yiʼnah
• yiʼnééh
• yíʼnééh
• yisdáháʼnééh
• yisdáʼnééh