Navajo
Etymology
chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -tʼááh (imperfective stem of root -TʼAʼ, “to fly”)
Verb
chʼííłtʼááh
- he/she is flying it out horizontally (a plane as from a canyon or another country)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift.
| imperfective
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singular
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duoplural
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plural
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| 1st person
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chʼíníshtʼááh
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chʼíniiltʼááh
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chʼídaniiltʼááh
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| 2nd person
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chʼíníłtʼááh
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chʼínółtʼááh
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chʼídanołtʼááh
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| 3rd person
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chʼííłtʼááh
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chʼídeíłtʼááh
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| 4th person
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chʼíjíłtʼááh
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chʼídajíłtʼááh
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| perfective
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singular
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duoplural
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plural
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| 1st person
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chʼíníłtʼaʼ
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chʼíniiltʼaʼ
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chʼídaniiltʼaʼ
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| 2nd person
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chʼííníłtʼaʼ
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chʼínoołtʼaʼ
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chʼídanoołtʼaʼ
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| 3rd person
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chʼíiníłtʼaʼ
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chʼídeistʼaʼ
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| 4th person
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chʼízhníłtʼaʼ
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chʼídajistʼaʼ
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| future
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singular
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duoplural
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plural
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| 1st person
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chʼídeeshtʼah
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chʼídiiltʼah
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chʼídadiiltʼah
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| 2nd person
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chʼídííłtʼah
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chʼídoołtʼah
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chʼídadoołtʼah
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| 3rd person
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chʼíidoołtʼah
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chʼídeidoołtʼah
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| 4th person
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chʼízhdoołtʼah
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chʼídazhdoołtʼah
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Verbal stems
- ITERATIVE: -tʼah
- OPTATIVE: -tʼááh