-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *ts’ųts’ (“to suck, to kiss”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna yiztsʼos (“he is sucking it once”).
Root
-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z
- to suck, to kiss
| Theme | Category | Bases | Reflexive / Reciprocal (+d) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ø | successive | S sucks, kisses
| S sucks self / each other
| ||||
| ł | ? | S smacks lips
|
Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM / REP | -tsʼǫǫs | -tsʼǫ́ǫ́z | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫǫs |
| SER | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫ́ǫ́z | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫǫs |
| SEM | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫǫs |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to suck:
- -TʼÓÓD
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z (kiss)