-TSʼĮĮD
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *də·tsʼən (“to be bony, hard”). Navajo atsʼin (“bone”) originates from this root.
Root
-TSʼĮĮD
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
di + Ø | ? | S gets bony, hard, expert | |||||
(di) + d | adjectival | S is bony, hard, expert |
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -tsʼin | -tsʼįįd | -tsʼįįł | -tsʼįįh | -tsʼin |
NEUT | - | -tsʼin | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to be hard:
to mature, ripen: