-TSAA

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *kʸaɣ; doublet of -TSOH.

Root

-TSAA

  1. to be big

Stem set

This verb occurs only as a neuter imperfective stem.

Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Iterative Optative
Neuter -tsaa — — — —

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSAA (big)
nitsaa
nitsxaa

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 347.
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