-ZHIʼ

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ži (“to name it”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna yuzii (“he is calling him”).

Root

-ZHIʼ

1. to call it by name, to name it

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
yíní + ∅	?	S names it yózhí ↳ wójí (+d pass.) ↳ ádójí (+d refl.) yitaaʼózhí dahózhí

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
ASP?	-zhí	-zhiʼ	-zhiił	-zhiih	-zhiih

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to name:

• -YEʼ

 

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZHIʼ (name)