-CHʼÍÍʼ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼikʸʼ (“be peppery, hot”).
Root
-CHʼÍÍʼ
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ł / ∅ | ? | S burns, irritates
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| (di) + ł / ∅ | adjectival | S is hot, spicy, bitter |
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transitional | -chʼííh | -chʼííʼ | -chʼih | -chʼih | -chʼííh |
| Continuative | -chʼiih | — | — | — | — |
| Neuter | — | -chʼííʼ | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to burn:
to be hot:
to be flammable:
to be bitter:
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼÍÍʼ (burn)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 110