-ZIIL

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *zəl (“to be hot”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna ʼiziił (“it got warm”), Carrier hodinzil (“weather is warm”).

Root

-ZIIL

  1. to be warm, tepid
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
(ni) + Ø adjectival

S is warm
(ni) + Ø transitional

S gets warm

  • niizííł
  • honiizííł
  • náʼiidzííł (+d refl.)

S makes O warm

ł motion?

heat moves

  • háásiil

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
TRANS -zííł -ziil -ził -ził -zííł
NEUT - -zílí - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

warm, hot:

 
 

Antonyms

cold, cool:

  • -DLÍ
  • -KʼAAZ
  • -KʼEʼ (cool off, stop hurting)
 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZIIL (warm)

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