"chʼínáhááh" meaning in Navajo

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Verb

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], chʼínáhááh [imperfective, singular, third-person], chʼééníhai [perfective, singular, third-person]
Etymology: chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -hááh (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -HAI, “a winter passes”). Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|chʼí|a}} chʼí- (“out horizontally”), {{nv-prefix|ná-rev}} -ná- (“back”, reversionary), {{nv-prefix|3s}} ∅- (3rd person subject prefix), {{nv-prefix|-}} -∅- (classifier), {{nv-prefixes|chʼí|ná-rev|3s|-}} chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-hááh</i>}} -hááh, {{nv-link-to-stem|-hááh|momentaneous imperfective}} + -hááh (momentaneous imperfective stem of, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-HAI</i>}} -HAI, {{nv-link-to-root|-HAI|winter passes|a winter passes}} root -HAI, “a winter passes”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} chʼínáhááh
  1. winter comes to an end

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chʼí",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "chʼí- (“out horizontally”)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ná-rev"
      },
      "expansion": "-ná- (“back”, reversionary)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3s"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chʼí",
        "2": "ná-rev",
        "3": "3s",
        "4": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-hááh</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-hááh",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-hááh",
        "2": "momentaneous imperfective"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -hááh (momentaneous imperfective stem of",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-HAI</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-HAI",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-HAI",
        "2": "winter passes",
        "3": "a winter passes"
      },
      "expansion": "root -HAI, “a winter passes”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -hááh (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -HAI, “a winter passes”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chʼínáhááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chʼééníhai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "chʼínáhááh",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -HAI (winter passes)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with chʼí- (disjunct)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with ná- (reversionary)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (ni/ni) aspect",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo verbs used in third person only",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "winter comes to an end"
      ],
      "id": "en-chʼínáhááh-nv-verb-KakQMpKq",
      "links": [
        [
          "winter",
          "winter"
        ],
        [
          "comes to an end",
          "come to an end"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chʼínáhááh"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chʼí",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "chʼí- (“out horizontally”)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ná-rev"
      },
      "expansion": "-ná- (“back”, reversionary)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "3s"
      },
      "expansion": "∅- (3rd person subject prefix)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "-∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chʼí",
        "2": "ná-rev",
        "3": "3s",
        "4": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-hááh</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-hááh",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-hááh",
        "2": "momentaneous imperfective"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -hááh (momentaneous imperfective stem of",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-HAI</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-HAI",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-HAI",
        "2": "winter passes",
        "3": "a winter passes"
      },
      "expansion": "root -HAI, “a winter passes”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -hááh (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -HAI, “a winter passes”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chʼínáhááh",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chʼééníhai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "chʼínáhááh",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Navajo",
  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
        "Navajo lemmas",
        "Navajo terms belonging to the root -HAI (winter passes)",
        "Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with chʼí- (disjunct)",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ná- (reversionary)",
        "Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)",
        "Navajo verbs",
        "Navajo verbs in the momentaneous (ni/ni) aspect",
        "Navajo verbs used in third person only",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "winter comes to an end"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "winter",
          "winter"
        ],
        [
          "comes to an end",
          "come to an end"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chʼínáhááh"
}

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