-CHʼÍÍʼ

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼikʸʼ (“be peppery, hot”).

Root

-CHʼÍÍʼ

1. to burn, infame, irritate, be peppery, be hot, be bitter

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ł / Ø	?	S burns, irritates yiiłchʼííh (TRANS) ↳ hoołchʼííh naałchʼiih (CONT) niiłchʼiih bichaʼachʼííʼ (cha-, “cry”) shiłchʼííʼ ↳ shilchʼííʼ (+d pass.) ↳ hashchʼííʼ bináháshchʼííʼ
(di) + ł / Ø	adjectival	S is hot, spicy, bitter díchʼííʼ bikʼeʼeshchʼííʼ

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
TRANS	-chʼííh	-chʼííʼ	-chʼih	-chʼih	-chʼííh
CONT	-chʼiih	-	-	-	-
NEUT	-	-chʼííʼ	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to burn:

• -KʼĄ́Ą́ʼ
• -LID
• -TŁAH
• -ZEEZ

to be hot:

• -DOII
• -GAII

to be flammable:

• -KON

to be bitter:

• -KʼǪSH

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼÍÍʼ (burn)