-CHĄĄʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chaa"

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *čʷanʼ ~ *čʷənʼ (“to defecate”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna tsaanʼ (“excrement”), estsenʼ (“I defecate”), Gwich'in tryąʼ (“excrement”).

Root

-CHĄĄʼ

1. to defecate, to cover with filth, to masturbate

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅	conversive	S defecates, produces filth (on P) bikʼíhoochįįh (MOM)     hodichįįh iʼniichįįh tachįįh achįʼ (CONCL) ákʼinaachįʼ (CONT) (+d refl.) bikʼíhoochįįł (PROG)	S defecates O, dirties O (on P)   yikʼiiłchįįh ↳ ákʼiilchįįh (+d refl.)     tayoołchįįh yéłchįʼ (CONCL)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-chįįh	-chąąʼ	-chįįł	-chįįh	-chįįh
CONCL / CONT	-chįʼ	-chąąʼ	-chįįł	-chįįh	-chįʼ

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

dirty:

• -BÉÉZH
• -ʼIH

 

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĄĄʼ (defecate)