chahałheeł

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

cha- (darkness) + -ho- (space, area, things) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-yeeł (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -YÉÉL, “to be dark”).

Verb[edit]

chahałheeł

  1. it becomes night, night falls
  2. it gets dark
Usage notes[edit]

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE chahałheeł
PERFECTIVE chahóółhéél
FUTURE -
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Etymology 2[edit]

cha- (darkness) + -ha- (up out) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier)-yeeł (neuter imperfective stem of root -YÉÉL, “to be dark”).

Verb[edit]

chahałheeł

  1. it is dark
  2. it is night
Usage notes[edit]

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the imperfective mode.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅), third person only.

Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

chahałheeł

  1. darkness