-TSĄ́

Navajo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsa-nʸ (“to catch sight of”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna yiłtsaan (“he caught sight of”).

Root

-TSĄ́

1. to see, to catch sight of

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
O + ł		S sees O yiyiiłtsééh (MOM) ↳ iiłtsééh ↳ hwiiłtsééh dayiitseʼ (DIV)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-tsééh	-tsą́	-tsééł	-tsééh	-tsééh
DIV	-tseʼ	-tsą́	-tsééł	-tsééh	-tseʼ

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to see, to look:

• -ʼĮ́Į́ʼ
• -GHAL

 

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSĄ́ (see)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *da̓-tsa-nʸ (“singular S dies”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna daztsaan (“he dies”).

Root

-TSĄ́

1. singular S dies, (impf.) gets sick

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø	conversive	S dies or gets sick biʼniitsaah (MOM) daatsaah (CONCL) daʼáhodiltsaah

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM / CONCL	-tsaah	-tsą́	-tsaał	-tsaah	-tsaah

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to die:

• -DĮĮD
• -NÁ

 

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSĄ́ (die)