-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) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
|
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)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.