achįʼ

See also: achi, Achi, achɨ, -a'chi, áchʼįʼ, āchi, and a̱chi

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chįʼ (imperfective stem of root -CHĄĄʼ, “to defecate”)

Verb

achįʼ

1. he/she is defecating

Conjugation

Paradigm: Conclusive (∅/si)

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ashchįʼ	iichįʼ	daʼiichįʼ
2nd person	íchįʼ	ohchįʼ	daʼohchįʼ
3rd person	achįʼ		daʼachįʼ
4th person	ajichįʼ		daʼjichįʼ

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ashéchąąʼ	ashiichąąʼ	daʼshiichąąʼ
2nd person	ashíníchąąʼ	ashoochąąʼ	daʼshoochąąʼ
3rd person	azhchąąʼ		daʼazhchąąʼ
4th person	ajizhchąąʼ		daʼjizhchąąʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adeeshchįįł	adiichįįł	daʼdiichįįł
2nd person	adííchįįł	adoohchįįł	daʼdoohchįįł
3rd person	adoochįįł		daʼdoochįįł
4th person	azhdoochįįł		dazhʼdoochįįł

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -chįʼ
• PERFECTIVE: -chąąʼ
• FUTURE: -chįįł
• ITERATIVE: -chįįh
• OPTATIVE: -chįʼ