-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ts’ųts’ (“to suck, to kiss”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna yiztsʼos (“he is sucking it once”).

Root

-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z

  1. to suck, to kiss
Theme Category Bases Reflexive / Reciprocal (+d)
Ø successive

S sucks, kisses

S sucks self / each other

  • ádítsʼǫǫs / ahitsʼǫǫs
  • náʼádinitsʼǫǫs /náʼahinitsʼǫǫs
  • ádiitsʼǫs / ?
ł ?

S smacks lips

  • yíʼdítsʼǫǫs

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM / REP -tsʼǫǫs -tsʼǫ́ǫ́z -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫǫs
SER -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫ́ǫ́z -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫǫs
SEM -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫǫs

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to suck:

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z (kiss)

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