-CHA

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *čʷe̓ɣ (“to cry”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna tsagh (“he is crying”).

Root

-CHA

1. to cry

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø	operative	S cries haachééh (MOM) iʼniichééh hadíníchééh (“too much”) yicha (DUR) áhodicha (“pretend”)	S makes O cry hayiyiłchééh

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-chééh	-cha	-chah	-chah	-chééh
DUR	-cha	-cha	-chah	-chah	-cha

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHA (cry)