-CHĮĮD
Navajo
Etymology 1
The noun áháchįʼ (“anger”) derives from the contraction of the neuter imperfective verb hachįʼ (“it is nasty”) and the postposition á (“for someone”).
The momentaneous perfective stem of this root is either -chįįd or -chįʼ.
Root
-CHĮĮD
Theme | Category | Bases | Causative-transitive bases (ho + ł) | ||||
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ho + Ø | ? | things are nasty, ugly
|
S causes things to be nasty, ugly
|
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -chįįh | -chįįd / -chįʼ | -chįįł | -chįįh | -chįįh |
NEUT | -chįʼ | -chįʼ | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to be nasty, ugly:
- -CHʼĮ́ĮDII
- -ʼIH
- -MĄʼII
to be ruined:
- -CHXǪʼ
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĮĮD (nasty)
Etymology 2
Compare Carrier -tsin (“to be weak”).
This root is attested only in the durative aspect.
Root
-CHĮĮD
- to be hopeless, be despairing
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ø | ? | S is hopeless, critical | |||||
da | ? | S is wounded mortally
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUR | -chįįh | -chįįd | -chįįł | -chįįh | -chįįh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĮĮD (hopeless)
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