achʼiish

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼiish (imperfective stem of root -CHʼIIZH, “to abrade”)

Verb

achʼiish

1. he/she is cutting
2. he/she is brushing, filing, sanding

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi)

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ashchʼiish	iichʼiish	daʼiichʼiish
2nd person	íchʼiish	ohchʼiish	daʼohchʼiish
3rd person	achʼiish		daʼachʼiish
4th person	ajichʼiish		daʼjichʼiish

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ííchʼiizh	iichʼiizh	daʼiichʼiizh
2nd person	ííníchʼiizh	oochʼiizh	daʼoochʼiizh
3rd person	ííchʼiizh		daʼííchʼiizh
4th person	ajííchʼiizh		daʼjííchʼiizh

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -chʼiish
• PERFECTIVE: -chʼiizh
• FUTURE: -chʼish
• ITERATIVE: -chʼish
• OPTATIVE: -chʼiish

Derived terms

• chį́į́h yee achʼiishíhii (“sawfish”)

Related terms

• yichʼiish
• yichʼish