chʼénééh

Etymology

chʼí- (“out horizontally”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -nééh (imperfective stem of root -NÁ, “to crawl”).

Verb

chʼénééh

  1. to crawl over an edge or brink

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 279.
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