-CHĄ́Ą́ʼ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "chaa"
Navajo
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *ča(nʸ) ~ *čʷa(nʸ) (“to become exhausted”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna tsaa (“to go exhausted”), Chipewyan nínįtsąʼ (“he is tired”).
Occurs in Navajo in bases related to “fleeing” and “running”.
Root
[edit]-CHĄ́Ą́ʼ
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ni + ∅ | motion |
S flees
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S chases O
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| ahi + ni + l | motion |
two S run
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Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Stem set
[edit]| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaenous | -chééh | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chééł | -chééh | -chééł |
| Continuative | -ché | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chééł | -chééh | -chééł |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
References
[edit]- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 77
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *čən (“to smell, to stink”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna tsen (“smell”), Gwich'in yahtsan (“he smells it”).
Root
[edit]-CHĄ́Ą́ʼ
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ł / l | adjectival |
S smells |
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| ł | conversive |
S smells O
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| di + l | motion |
S sniffs
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S sniffs for O
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| ∅ / l | ? |
S knows about |
References
[edit]- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, pages 80-81
Stem set
[edit]| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -chįįh | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chįįł | -chįįh | -chą́ą́ʼ |
| Conclusive | -chin | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chį́į́ł | -chįįh | -chą́ą́ʼ |
| Continuative | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chį́į́ł | -chį́į́h | -chą́ą́ʼ |
| Neuter | -chį́į́h | — | — | — | — |
| Repetitive | -chą́ą́ʼ | — | — | — | — |
| Semelfactive | -chįh | -chįh | -chįh | -chįh | -chįh |
| Neuter | -chin | — | — | — | — |
| Neuter | -chon | — | — | — | — |
| Neuter | -chxon | — | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.