-DĄĄD
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *danʸ (“spring”).
The noun daan (“spring, springtime”) is derived from this root.
Root
-DĄĄD
- spring comes, passes
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | motion | spring comes or passes
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -dąąh | -dąąd | -dąął | -dąąh | -dąąh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -DĄĄD (spring passes)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 121