-DÁÁZ

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *da̓z ~ *das (“to be heavy”). Compare Chipewyan yekʼéghíłdath (“it is coming down heavy on him”) and Navajo das (“weight”).

In active intransitive bases this root describes the movement of a mass of plural objects. In neuter adjectival and comparative bases it retains the original meaning “to be heavy”.

Root

-DÁÁZ

1. a mass of plural objects (i.e., snow flakes, dirt particles, ...) moves

Theme	Category	Bases	Seriative bases (hi)
ł	motion	S (a mass) moves, falls, slides, ... yiłdaas (MOM) iiłdaas diłdaas bihidiłdaas bikʼéłdaas bizaałdaas chʼéłdaas dzídzaałdaas haałdaas naałdaas náłdaas wóʼąąłdaas yanáałdaas naałdaas (CONT)	particles move one after the other — adahałdaas hidiłdaas ↳ hodiiłdaas wóʼądahałdaas hoyoołdas

2. to be heavy

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ni + Ø	adjectival	S is heavy nidaaz
á + ni + ł	adjectival	S is comparatively heavy aheeníłdáás áníłdáás

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-daas	-dááz	-das	-das	-daas
CONT	-daas	-dááz	-das	-das	-daas
ABS	-daaz	-	-	-	-
COMP	-dáás	-	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to be heavy:

• -TSOH

Motion verbs:

• -TĮ́ (AnO moves)
• -NIIʼ (move along)
• -TŁÉÉʼ (MM moves)
• -JOOL (NCM moves)
• -DÉÉL (SFO moves)
• -ZĄ́ (crowd moves)
• -TEEL (herd moves)

Antonyms

to be light:

• -ZÓLÍ

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DÁÁZ (heavy)

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DÁÁZ (mass moves)