-CHOZH
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Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *ču̓ž (“to shatter”).
Often appears with intensive infix -x- in bases related to popping or bursting.
Root
[edit]-CHOZH
1. to pop, to bubble, to burst
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| l | adjectival | S is effervescent
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| l | successive |
S pops, spurts
|
S pops O
|
2. to eat leafy matter, to graze
| Theme | Category | Bases | + Unspec object | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O + ł | operative |
S eats O
|
S eats
|
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| O + l | operative |
S overeats O
|
S overeats
|
Stem set
[edit]| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -chóósh | -chozh | -chosh | -chosh | -chóósh |
| DUR | -chozh | -chozh | -chosh | -chosh | -chosh |
| SEM | -chosh | -chosh | -chosh | -chosh | -chosh |
| NEUTER | -chosh | - | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
[edit]to eat:
- -ʼAAL (hard O)
- -DÉÉL (plural O)
- -DLĄ́Ą́ʼ (liquid O)
- -GHAL (meat)
- -KID (chunky O)
- -TSʼEEʼ (mushy O)
- -YĄ́Ą́ʼ
- -MAL
to pop:
to bubble: