chěto’ (02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List))
chěto’
Transitivity / Valency
Ambitransitive
- Intransitive: To come to a standstill (“I stop walking”).
- Transitive: To arrest someone’s motion (“I halt him”).
Lexical Aspect
Achievement: Instantaneous event (The moment feet stop moving).
Grammatical Note
02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List): This belongs to the closed class of primitive verbs. It is a root verb and does not utilize the Universal Verbalizer -ů suffix.
Semantic Field
Pronunciation
IPA: /t̠ʃɚt̪oʔ/
Translations
- English: to halt, to stop walking, to freeze, to arrest motion
- Polish: stanąć, zatrzymać się
Usage Note
Specific to Ambulation. Use this verb when the subject physically stops moving their legs or traveling.
- Command: Chěchohè! (“Halt!” / “Freeze!”). (Note the glottal elision before
hè).
Example sentences
John zèchěto’. John halted / stopped walking.
To wo John zèchěto’. I stopped John (physically blocked his path).
Alternative forms
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Etymology
Likely related to chěcho’ (to close/shut) and tomo (to stop). The glottal stop implies an abrupt physical cutoff.
Synonyms
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Antonyms
- aśù (verb) (To walk).
- haśù (verb) (To run).
Derived terms
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