-CHĄĄʼ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "chaa"
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *čʷanʼ ~ *čʷənʼ (“to defecate”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna tsaanʼ (“excrement”), estsenʼ (“I defecate”), Gwich'in tryąʼ (“excrement”).
Root
-CHĄĄʼ
- to defecate, to cover with filth, to masturbate
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | conversive |
S defecates, produces filth (on P)
|
S defecates O, dirties O (on P)
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -chįįh | -chąąʼ | -chįįł | -chįįh | -chįįh |
| CONCL / CONT | -chįʼ | -chąąʼ | -chįįł | -chįįh | -chįʼ |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĄĄʼ (defecate)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 75