-CHĄĄʼ

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)
Ø 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:

 
 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĄĄʼ (defecate)

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