yilchʼąął

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

yilchʼąął

1. he/she is moving while hanging or dangling

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishchʼąął	yiilchʼąął	deiilchʼąął
2nd person	nilchʼąął	wołchʼąął	daałchʼąął
3rd person	yilchʼąął		daalchʼąął
4th person	jilchʼąął		dajilchʼąął

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishchʼą́ą́l	yiilchʼą́ą́l	dashiilchʼą́ą́l
2nd person	yínílchʼą́ą́l	woołchʼą́ą́l	dashoołchʼą́ą́l
3rd person	yilchʼą́ą́l		daashchʼą́ą́l
4th person	joolchʼą́ą́l		dajishchʼą́ą́l

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -chʼąął
• PERFECTIVE: -chʼą́ą́l
• FUTURE: -chʼął
• ITERATIVE: -chʼął
• OPTATIVE: -chʼąął