-CHʼIIZH

See also: -chʼiizh and -chʼíízh

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *čʼʷičʼʷ (“to be rough, chapped”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna atsʼiis (“it is chapped”), Chipewyan dɛts’iz (“it is rough and hard”).

Related to -CHʼÍÍZH (“make a dry rustling sound”).

Root

-CHʼIIZH

  1. to abrade, to saw, to file, to scrub
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
di + ∅ adjectival

S is rough
di + ∅

S hardens, becomes chapped

  • dichʼish (?)
∅ successive

S saws, files, scrubs

↳ achʼiish
↳ ádíchʼiish
  • yiyiichʼish (SEM)

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM / REP -chʼiish -chʼiizh -chʼish -chʼish -chʼiish
MOM -chʼish -chʼiizh -chʼish -chʼish -chʼish
SEM -chʼish -chʼish -chʼish -chʼish -chʼish
NEUTER -chʼíízh - - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to saw:

  • -ZHÍÍʼ

rough:

  • -DĄZH
  • -GÓÓN
  • -JÉÉL
  • -WOL
  • -ZHÍÍʼ

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼIIZH (abrade)

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