-CHĄ́Ą́ʼ

See also: chąąʼ, -chą́ą́ʼ, -chąąʼ, -CHĄĄʼ, and chaaʼ

Navajo

From Proto-Athabaskan *ča(nʸ) ~ *čʷa(nʸ) (“to become exhausted”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna nininitsaan (“he came exhausted”), Chipewyan nínįtsąʼ (“he is tired”).

Occurs in Navajo in bases related to “fleeing” and “running”.

-CHĄ́Ą́ʼ

Theme

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-chééh	-chą́ą́ʼ	-chééł	-chééh	-chééł
CONT	-ché	-chą́ą́ʼ	-chééł	-chééh	-chééł

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

to run:

to flee:

to run out, to exhaust:

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĄ́Ą́ʼ (flee)

From Proto-Athabaskan *čən (“to smell, to stink”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna ukoltsen (“it smells”), Gwich'in yahtsan (“he smells it”).

-CHĄ́Ą́ʼ

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ł / l	adjectival	S smells halchin niłchin hółchon (hółchxon) niłchon (niłchxon)
ł	conversive	S smells O yiʼniiłchįįh (MOM) yiłchin (CONCL) ↳ ałchin ↳ ádílchin
di + l	motion	S sniffs dilchį́į́h (CON) hadilchą́ą́ʼ (REP) ndilchą́ą́ʼ (CONT) doolchį́į́ł (PROG)	S sniffs for O táʼdíłchįįh (MOM) yiyiiłchįh (SEM) (w/o prefix)
Ø / l	?	S knows about áhálchįįh yiyiichįįh

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-chįįh	-chą́ą́ʼ	-chįįł	-chįįh	-chą́ą́ʼ
CONCL	-chin	-chą́ą́ʼ	-chį́į́ł	-chįįh	-chą́ą́ʼ
CONT	-chą́ą́ʼ	-chą́ą́ʼ	-chį́į́ł	-chį́į́h	-chą́ą́ʼ
CON	-chį́į́h	-	-	-	-
REP	-chą́ą́ʼ	-	-	-	-
SEM	-chįh	-chįh	-chįh	-chįh	-chįh
NEUTER	-chin	-	-	-	-
NEUTER	-chon	-	-	-	-
NEUTER	-chxon	-	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

odor floats:

to know:

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĄ́Ą́ʼ (smell)

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