-KʼAAZ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *q’ɑ̓ts’ (“to be cold”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna kʼatsʼ (“to be cold”), Carrier sək’əz (“to be cold”), Chipewyan huk’að (“cold weather”). Lower Tanana k'wtth.
Root
-KʼAAZ
- to be cold
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | adjectival |
S is cold |
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| ni + ∅ | adjectival |
S is cold |
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| ni + ∅ | transitional |
S gets cold
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S makes O cold |
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| ł | motion |
cold moves |
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -kʼáás | -kʼaaz | -kʼas | -kʼas | -kʼáás |
| Continuative | -kʼaas | -kʼaaz | -kʼas | -kʼas | -kʼaas |
| Neuter | — | kʼaz / -kʼází | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼAAZ (cold)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 338