-ZID
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *zəd (“a single object undergoes cyclical process”). Found across all Athabaskan languages in a wide range of disparate themes.
Root
-ZID
1. a month passes
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(di) + Ø | motion | a month passes
| S earns (money) per month
|
2. to gather awareness: to wake up, to inspect
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
chʼí + ná + d | ? | S wakes up
| S wakes O up
| ||||
ha + O + ł | ? | S inspects O, examines O
| |||||
ł | ? | S fools around
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3. to treat with respect, handle carefully
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ø | ? | S handles O with care
|
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -zííd | -zid | -ził | -ziʼ | -zííd |
CONT | -ziid | - | - | - | - |
NEUT | - | -zid | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
time passes:
- -Ą́
- -DĄĄD
- -HAI
- -KĄ́
- -KID
- -ZHĮ́
- -ZHIIZH
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZID (month passes)
Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZID (aware)
Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZID (handle carefully)