-TSʼEEʼ
Navajo
Etymology 1
Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼeq’ (“to lick”).
Root
-TSʼEEʼ
- to eat mushy object (as cornmeal)
Theme | Category | Bases | + Unspec object | ||||
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O + ł | operative |
S eats O
|
S eats
|
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O + l | operative |
S overeats O
|
S overeats
|
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -tsʼééh | -tsʼeeʼ | -tsʼah | -tsʼah | -tsʼééh |
MOM | -tsʼééh | -tsʼeeʼ | -tsʼah | -tsʼah | -tsʼééh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼe̓ɣ (“to wiggle, to wind, to coil”). Found only in some neuter perfective bases. Probably related to this root, a secondary meaning also occurs in neuter bases describing objects parallel to one another as rails, poles, columns of smoke.
Root
-TSʼEEʼ
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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ná/ni + d | adjectival |
S is coiled
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Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ni + Ø/d | adjectival |
S lie parallel
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (eat mushy)
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (coil)
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (lie parallel)
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