-CHOZH
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *ču̓ž (“to shatter”).
Often appears with intensive infix -x- in bases related to popping or bursting.
Root
-CHOZH
1. to pop, to bubble, to burst
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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l | adjectival | S is effervescent
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l | successive |
S pops, spurts
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S pops O
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2. to eat leafy matter, to graze
Theme | Category | Bases | + Unspec object | ||||
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O + ł | operative |
S eats O
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S eats
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O + l | operative |
S overeats O
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S overeats
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM | -chóósh | -chozh | -chosh | -chosh | -chóósh |
DUR | -chozh | -chozh | -chosh | -chosh | -chosh |
SEM | -chosh | -chosh | -chosh | -chosh | -chosh |
NEUTER | -chosh | - | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHOZH (pop)
Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHOZH (eat leafy)
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