-ZIIL
Navajo
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *zəl (“to be hot”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna ʼiziił (“it got warm”), Carrier hodinzil (“weather is warm”).
Root
edit-ZIIL
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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(ni) + ∅ | adjectival |
S is warm |
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(ni) + ∅ | transitional |
S gets warm
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S makes O warm |
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ł | motion? |
heat moves |
Stem set
editAspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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TRANS | -zííł | -ziil | -ził | -ził | -zííł |
NEUT | - | -zílí | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.