chʼéldlóósh

Navajo

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -dlóósh (imperfective stem of root -DLOOZH, “to go on all four”).

Verb

chʼéldlóósh

1. he/she/it is going out on all fours, creeping out on all fours

Conjugation

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

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼíníshdlóósh	chʼíniildlóósh	chʼídaniildlóósh
2nd person	chʼíníldlóósh	chʼínółdlóósh	chʼídanołdlóósh
3rd person	chʼéldlóósh		chʼídaaldlóósh
4th person	chʼíjíldlóósh		chʼídajíldlóósh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼíníshdloozh	chʼíniildloozh	chʼídaniildloozh
2nd person	chʼííníldloozh	chʼínoołdloozh	chʼídanoołdloozh
3rd person	chʼéldloozh		chʼídaashdloozh
4th person	chʼíjíldloozh		chʼídajishdloozh

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼídeeshdlosh	chʼídiildlosh	chʼídadiildlosh
2nd person	chʼídííldlosh	chʼídoołdlosh	chʼídadoołdlosh
3rd person	chʼídooldlosh		chʼídadooldlosh
4th person	chʼízhdooldlosh		chʼídazhdooldlosh

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -dlóósh
• PERFECTIVE: -dloozh
• FUTURE: -dlosh
• ITERATIVE: -dlosh
• OPTATIVE: -dlóósh

Related terms

• dildlóósh
• haaldlóósh
• iildlóósh
• kʼéldlóósh
• yildlóósh
• yíldlóósh
• yildlosh
• yisdáldlóósh