dilchʼąął

Navajo

Etymology

di- (inceptive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, detransitive/anticausative) + -chʼąął (imperfective stem of root -CHʼĄ́Ą́L, “to move suspended”).

Verb

dilchʼąął

1. he/she/it starts to move while hanging or dangling to a cord or handle

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dishchʼąął	diilchʼąął	dadiilchʼąął
2nd person	dílchʼąął	dołchʼąął	dadołchʼąął
3rd person	dilchʼąął		dadilchʼąął
4th person	jidilchʼąął		dazhdilchʼąął

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	déshchʼą́ą́l	deelchʼą́ą́l	dadeelchʼą́ą́l
2nd person	dínílchʼą́ą́l	dishoołchʼą́ą́l	dadishoołchʼą́ą́l
3rd person	deeshchʼą́ą́l		dadeeshchʼą́ą́l
4th person	jideeshchʼą́ą́l		dazhdeeshchʼą́ą́l

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dideeshchʼął	didiilchʼął	dadidiilchʼął
2nd person	didíílchʼął	didoołchʼął	dadidoołchʼął
3rd person	didoolchʼął		dadidoolchʼął
4th person	dizhdoolchʼął		dazhdidoolchʼął

Related terms

• haiłchʼąął
• iiłchʼąął
• naalchʼąął
• neiłchʼąął
• yidiłchʼąął
• yilchʼąął
• yíłchʼąął
• yilchʼął
• yoołchʼął