-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) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ø | motion | spring comes or passes
|
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -dąąh | -dąąd | -dąął | -dąąh | -dąąh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Antonyms
- -HAI (winter)
- -KʼEED (fall)
- -ZHĮ́ (summer)
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -DĄĄD (spring passes)