diichʼééh

diichʼééh

Navajo

Etymology

di- (“oral”) + -yi- (transitional) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -chʼééh (imperfective stem of root -CHʼEEʼ, “to open the mouth”).

Verb

diichʼééh

1. he/she/it is opening his/her/its mouth
2. Second-person singular imperfective form of diichʼééh
3. First-person dual imperfective form of diichʼééh

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii)

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	diishchʼééh	diichʼééh	dadiichʼééh
2nd person	diichʼééh	doohchʼééh	dadoohchʼééh
3rd person	diichʼééh		dadiichʼééh
4th person	jidiichʼééh		dazhdiichʼééh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	diichʼeeʼ	diichʼeeʼ	dadiichʼeeʼ
2nd person	dinichʼeeʼ	doochʼeeʼ	dadoochʼeeʼ
3rd person	diichʼeeʼ		dadiichʼeeʼ
4th person	jidiichʼeeʼ		dazhdiichʼeeʼ