-CHʼÍÍʼ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼikʸʼ (“be peppery, hot”).
Root
-CHʼÍÍʼ
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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ł / ∅ | ? | S burns, irritates
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(di) + ł / ∅ | adjectival | S is hot, spicy, bitter |
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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TRANS | -chʼííh | -chʼííʼ | -chʼih | -chʼih | -chʼííh |
CONT | -chʼiih | - | - | - | - |
NEUT | - | -chʼííʼ | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to burn:
to be hot:
to be flammable:
to be bitter: