-CHXOZH
Navajo
Etymology
From -CHOZH (“to eat leafy matter”) + -x- (emphatic infix).
Root
-CHXOZH
- to pop, burst explosively
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| l | adjectival | S is effervescent
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| l | successive |
S pops, spurts
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S pops O
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Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -chxóósh | -chxozh | -chxosh | -chxosh | -chxóósh |
| SEM | -chxosh | -chxosh | -chxosh | -chxosh | -chxosh |
| NEUTER | -chxosh | — | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHXOZH (pop)
References
- Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 321.