-CHʼĄĄʼ

Navajo

Etymology

Cognate root not found in other Athabaskan languages.

Root

-CHʼĄĄʼ

 1. to decorate, to draw, to paint; to trick

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
O + Ø		S decorates adichʼą́ą́h (MOM) neichʼąąh (CONT) ↳ naʼachʼą́ą́h ↳ naʼádíchʼą́ą́h
ʼa + Ø		S tricks P yiʼdichʼąąh ↳ ádiʼdichʼą́ą́h yinaʼachʼąąh (CONT)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-chʼą́ą́h	-chʼąąʼ	-chʼąh	-chʼąh	-chʼą́ą́h
CONT	-chʼąąh	-chʼąąʼ	-chʼąh	-chʼąh	-chʼąąh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to paint, to draw:

• -DLÉÉZH
• -ZO

to trick:

• -ʼAAʼ
• -LOʼ

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼĄĄʼ (decorate)