-ZIIL
Navajo
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Athabaskan *səɬ (“heat, sweat”).[1]
Cognate root found in Ahtna zel (“warm”), Carrier hodinzil (“weather is warm”).
Root
-ZIIL
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ni) + ∅ | adjectival |
S is warm |
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| (ni) + ∅ | transitional |
S gets warm |
S makes O warm
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| ł | motion? |
heat moves |
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -zííł | -ziil | -ził | -ził | -zííł |
| Neuter | — | -zílí, -ziil | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
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References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 752