-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
| Theme | Category | Bases | Reflexive / Reciprocal (+d) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | successive |
S sucks, kisses
|
S sucks self / each other
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| ł | ? |
S smacks lips
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Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM / CON | -tsʼǫǫs | -tsʼǫ́ǫ́z | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫǫs |
| REP | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫ́ǫ́z | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫǫs |
| SEM | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫs | -tsʼǫs |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z (kiss)