chʼéltłʼééh

Navajo

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier) + -tłʼééh (imperfective stem of root -TŁʼÁ, “to trot”).

Verb

chʼéltłʼééh

1. he/she/it is trotting out horizontally, jogging out (from an enclosure)

Conjugation

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

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼíníshtłʼééh	chʼíniiltłʼééh	chʼídaniiltłʼééh
2nd person	chʼíníltłʼééh	chʼínółtłʼééh	chʼídanołtłʼééh
3rd person	chʼéltłʼééh		chʼídaaltłʼééh
4th person	chʼíjíltłʼééh		chʼídajíltłʼééh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼíníshtłʼá	chʼíniiltłʼá	chʼídaniiltłʼá
2nd person	chʼííníltłʼá	chʼínoołtłʼá	chʼídanoołtłʼá
3rd person	chʼéltłʼá		chʼídaastłʼá
4th person	chʼíjíltłʼá		chʼídajistłʼá

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	chʼídeeshtłʼééł	chʼídiiltłʼééł	chʼídadiiltłʼééł
2nd person	chʼídííltłʼééł	chʼídoołtłʼééł	chʼídadoołtłʼééł
3rd person	chʼídooltłʼééł		chʼídadooltłʼééł
4th person	chʼízhdooltłʼééł		chʼídazhdooltłʼééł