adichʼą́ą́h
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (inceptive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -chʼą́ą́h (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -CHʼĄĄʼ, “to decorate”).
Verb
[edit]adichʼą́ą́h
- to start to make a design, a drawing, a decoration
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | adishchʼą́ą́h | adiichʼą́ą́h | daʼdiichʼą́ą́h |
| 2nd person | adíchʼą́ą́h | adohchʼą́ą́h | daʼdohchʼą́ą́h |
| 3rd person | adichʼą́ą́h | daʼdichʼą́ą́h | |
| 4th person | azhdichʼą́ą́h | dazhʼdichʼą́ą́h | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | adéchʼąąʼ | adeechʼąąʼ | daʼdeechʼąąʼ |
| 2nd person | adíníchʼąąʼ | adishoochʼąąʼ | dadiʼshoochʼąąʼ |
| 3rd person | adeezhchʼąąʼ | daʼdeezhchʼąąʼ | |
| 4th person | azhdeezhchʼąąʼ | dazhʼdeezhchʼąąʼ | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | adideeshchʼąh | adidiichʼąh | dadiʼdiichʼąh |
| 2nd person | adidííchʼąh | adidoohchʼąh | dadiʼdoohchʼąh |
| 3rd person | adidoochʼąh | dadiʼdoochʼąh | |
| 4th person | azhdidoochʼąh | dadizhʼdoochʼąh | |
Verbal stems
[edit]- IMPERFECTIVE: -chʼą́ą́h
- PERFECTIVE: -chʼąąʼ
- FUTURE: -chʼąh
- ITERATIVE: -chʼąh
- OPTATIVE: -chʼą́ą́h