-ZÉÍ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *saxʸ ~ *zay (“sand, to crumble”). Compare Navajo séí (“sand”).
Cognates found in Tanacross thaayh (“sand”) and also Tlingit xagw (“sand”).
Root
-ZÉÍ
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
di | ? | S crumbles
|
S crumbles O | ||||
di | adjectival | S is crumbly
|
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -zéí | -zéí | -zéí | -zéí | -zéí |
NEUT | -zéí | - | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to crumble, fall: