-CHĮĮD

Etymology 1

The noun áháchįʼ (anger) derives from the contraction of the neuter imperfective verb hachįʼ (it is nasty) and the postposition á (for someone).

The momentaneous perfective stem of this root is either -chįįd or -chįʼ.

Root

-CHĮĮD

  1. to be nasty, be ugly
Theme Category Bases Causative-transitive bases (ho + ł)
ho + ∅ ? things are nasty, ugly
  • bizáhóóchįįd
  • hachįįh (MOM)

 

S causes things to be nasty, ugly
  • hałchįįh
halchįįh (+d refl.)

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -chįįh -chįįd / -chįʼ -chįįł -chįįh -chįįh
NEUT -chįʼ -chįʼ - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to be nasty, ugly:

  • -CHʼĮ́ĮDII
  • -ʼIH
  • -MĄʼII

to be ruined:

  • -CHXǪʼ

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĮĮD (nasty)

Etymology 2

Compare Carrier -tsin (to be weak).

This root is attested only in the durative aspect.

Root

-CHĮĮD

  1. to be hopeless, be despairing
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
? S is hopeless, critical
  • (doo) bichįįh (da) (only negative)
da ? S is wounded mortally

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
DUR -chįįh -chįįd -chįįł -chįįh -chįįh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĮĮD (hopeless)

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