-TSEII
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tsaˑʼy (“to be dry”). Cognate root found in Ahtna naghaltsaay’ (“they dried up”).
Also spelt as -TSAII.
Root
-TSEII
- to be dry
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ł | adjectival |
S is dry
|
|||||
| l | transitional |
S dries up
|
S dries O up |
Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -tsááh | -tseii | -tsih | -tsih | -tsááh |
| NEUT | - | -tseii | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSEII (dry)
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