-KʼAAZ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *q’ɑ̓ts’ (“to be cold”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna nezkʼatsʼ (“it is cold”), Carrier sək’əz (“to be cold”), Chipewyan huk’að (“cold weather”).
Root
-KʼAAZ
- to be cold
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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Ø | adjectival | S is cold
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ni + Ø | adjectival | S is cold
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ni + Ø | transitional | S gets cold
| S makes O cold | ||||
ł | motion | cold moves
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM | -kʼáás | -kʼaaz | -kʼas | -kʼas | -kʼáás |
CONT | -kʼaas | -kʼaaz | -kʼas | -kʼas | -kʼaas |
NEUT | - | -kʼaz / -kʼází | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
cold, cool:
- -DLÍ
- -KʼEʼ (cool off, stop hurting)
Antonyms
warm, hot:
- -DOII
- -GAII
- -ZIIL
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼAAZ (cold)