-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

1. to be dry

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ł	adjectival	S is dry yíłtseii (NEUT) ↳ hóółtseii
l	transitional	S dries up náltsááh ↳ náháltsááh	S dries O up néíłtsááh

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-tsááh	-tseii	-tsih	-tsih	-tsááh
NEUT	-	-tseii	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

dry:

• -GAN

 

Antonyms

wet:

• -TŁÉÉʼ

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSEII (dry)