-tsoh

See also: tsoh and -TSOH

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *k̯aʔx̣ʷ. Cognate with Dogrib -cho, Ket [script needed] (qaˀ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sʰòh/

Stem

-tsoh

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
NEUTER	-TSOH (big)

Suffix

-tsoh

1. big, large, great

Derived terms

Navajo terms suffixed with -tsoh

• bééshbiiʼkǫǫʼítsoh (“power plant”)
• beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh (“cannon”)
• Biniʼantʼą́ą́tsoh (“September”)
• chidí naaʼnaʼí beeʼeldǫǫhtsoh bikááʼ dah naaznilígíí (“tank”)
• chidítsoh (“truck”)
• chʼil naʼatłʼoʼiitsoh (“plum”)
• chʼoshtsoh (“cockroach”)
• didzétsoh (“peach”)
• dziʼizítsoh (“motorcycle”)
• gahtsoh (“hare”)
• hazaʼaleehtsoh (“celery”)
• hosh aditsahiitsoh (“saguaro”)
• łóódtsoh (“smallpox”)
• łóóʼtsoh (“whale”)
• mágítsoh (“gorilla”)
• nahatʼeʼiitsoh (“kangaroo”)
• naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh (“iguana”)
• Níłchʼitsoh (“December”)
• níyoltsoh (“tornado”)
• tiníléítsoh (“Komodo dragon”)
• Tʼą́ą́tsoh (“May”)
• tsísʼnáłtsooítsoh (“hornet”)
• Yaʼiishjáástsoh (“July”)

 

Related terms

• nitsaa
• nitsxaaz