-TSʼEEʼ
Navajo
Etymology 1
Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼeq’ (“to lick”).
Root
-TSʼEEʼ
- to eat mushy object (as cornmeal)
Theme | Category | Bases | + Unspec object | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
O + ł | operative | S eats O
| S eats
| ||||
O + l | operative | S overeats O
| S overeats
|
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -tsʼééh | -tsʼeeʼ | -tsʼah | -tsʼah | -tsʼééh |
MOM | -tsʼééh | -tsʼeeʼ | -tsʼah | -tsʼah | -tsʼééh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to eat:
- -ʼAAL (hard O)
- -CHOZH (leafy O)
- -DÉÉL (plural O)
- -DLĄ́Ą́ʼ (liquid O)
- -GHAL (meat)
- -KID (chunky O)
- -MAL
- -YĄ́Ą́ʼ
Etymology 2
Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼe̓ɣ (“to wiggle, to wind, to coil”). Found only in some neuter perfective bases.Probably related to this root, a secondary meaning also occurs in neuter bases describing objects parallel to one another as rails, poles, columns of smoke.
Root
-TSʼEEʼ
1. to be coiled, spiraled
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ná/ni + d | adjectival | S is coiled
|
2. to lie parallel
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ni + Ø/d | adjectival | S lie parallel
|
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | - | -tsʼeeʼ / tsʼaaʼ | - | - | - |
Synonyms
to coil:
- -ZHAʼ
to lie parallel:
- -JÉÉʼ
- -ZHOOZH
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (eat mushy)
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (coil)
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (lie parallel)