-TSXAAZ

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsa̓z, with the emphatic infix -x-. Compare -TSAA (“to be big”)

Root

-TSXAAZ

  1. to be big, thick

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
NEU-ABS -tsxaaz — — — —
NEU-COMP -tsxááz — — — —

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSXAAZ (big)
nitsxaaz

References

  • Young, Robert, Morgan, William, Midgette, Sally (1992) Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 597
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