chʼííłmáás

== Navajo == === Etymology === chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -máás (imperfective stem of root -MÁÁZ, “to roll”). The stem -máás (“globular, spherical, ball-like shape”) is cognate with -bą́ą́z (“hooplike, ringlike shape”), and they have the same origin, which possibly is Proto-Athabaskan *wątsʼ (“roll”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃʼíːɬmɑ́ːs/ === Verb === chʼííłmáás he/she is rolling it out horizontally (as a barrel out of a barn) ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), with partial da-shift. ==== Verbal stems ==== ITERATIVE: -mas OPTATIVE: -máás ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== iiłbąąs === 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 292.