-TSOII

Navajo

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *tsu̓ɢ (“to be yellow, tan”). Also occurs with intensive infix -x- indicating a darker color tone as orange.

Root

-TSOII

1. yellow

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
łi + ∅	adjectival	S is yellow (neuter impf.) łitso (NEUT) diniltso haltso
d		S is yellow (neuter perf.) deestso (NEUT) dzítso haatso haastso kʼídzítso naastsxo naatso nástso bighádzítso
∅		S becomes — yiitsóóh (TRANS) ↳ bílátaʼiitsóóh	S makes O — yiyiiłtsóóh (TRANS) ↳ ádiiltsóóh (+d refl.) yidiniiłtsóóh

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
TRANS	-tsóóh	-tsoii	-tsoh	-tsoh	-tsóóh
NEUT	-tso	-tso	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Antonyms

Colors:

• -BAʼ (gray)
• -CHIIʼ (red)
• -GAII (white)
• -TŁʼIIZH (blue, green)
• -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ (black)

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSOII (yellow)