naalchʼąął
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]na- (atelic, circuital) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -l- (classifier, detransitive/anticausative) + -chʼąął (continuative imperfective stem of root -CHʼĄ́Ą́L, “to move suspended”).
Verb
[edit]naalchʼąął (intransitive)
- he/she moves around with difficulty, can barely get around
- (with dah “up there”) he/she/it is dangling attached to a rope (as a hanged man)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | naashchʼąął | neiilchʼąął | nideiilchʼąął |
| 2nd person | nanilchʼąął | naołchʼąął | nidaałchʼąął |
| 3rd person | naalchʼąął | nidaalchʼąął | |
| 4th person | nijilchʼąął | nidajilchʼąął | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | nishishchʼą́ą́l | nishiilchʼą́ą́l | nidashiilchʼą́ą́l |
| 2nd person | nishínílchʼą́ą́l | nishoołchʼą́ą́l | nidashoołchʼą́ą́l |
| 3rd person | naashchʼą́ą́l | nidaashchʼą́ą́l | |
| 4th person | nijishchʼą́ą́l | nidajishchʼą́ą́l | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | ndeeshchʼął | ndiilchʼął | ndadiilchʼął |
| 2nd person | ndíílchʼął | ndoołchʼął | ndadoołchʼął |
| 3rd person | ndoolchʼął | ndadoolchʼął | |
| 4th person | nizhdoolchʼął | ndazhdoolchʼął | |