chʼékááh

== Navajo == === Etymology === chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -∅- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go, to walk — 3+ actors”). Prefix chʼí- becomes chʼé- when in pre-stem position. === Verb === chʼékááh they (3+ actors) go out horizontally (as through a door), exit, leave. ==== Usage notes ==== The stem is used for going / walking in groups of three or more people. For individual movement, see chʼéghááh. For movement in pairs, see chʼéʼaash. Singular forms of this verb refer to one subject involved in a movement as a group: Nihił chʼíníshkai — I went out with you (pl.). ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift. === References === Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 293.