dighááh
التعريفات والمعاني
== Navajo ==
=== Etymology ===
di- (inceptive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) +
∅- (classifier) + -ghááh (imperfective stem of root -YÁ, “to go, to walk — 1 actor”)
∅- (classifier) + -ʼaash (imperfective stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go, to walk — 2 actors”)
d- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go, to walk — 3 actors”)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tɪ̀ɣɑ́ːh/
=== Verb ===
dighááh
(in all modes except in the perfective) he/she starts to go; (in the perfective) he/she has started to go, is about to go, intends to go, is on the way to.
(with chʼééh) (imperf.) he/she is getting tired; (perf.) he/she is tired.
(with bikʼi) he/she quits it, gives it up, discontinues it
==== Usage notes ====
Like all go-verbs, this verb uses three different roots for 1 subject going alone, 2 subjects going in a pair, and 3+ subjects going in a group. All three roots can be conjugated in all 3 numbers (singular, duoplural, distributive plural), with practical different meanings. See chʼéghááh, chʼéʼaash, chʼékááh for further details.
==== Conjugation ====
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si), with some irregularities.
==== Derived terms ====
ił náhodighááh