-CHʼI

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tšʼʷəy ~ *tšʼʷi (“wind blows”).

Root

-CHʼI

1. to blow (as air, wind, breeze)

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅	motion	S blows — (∅-MOM) iichʼííh dichʼííh haachʼííh ahééhéchʼííh bináchʼííh yíchʼííh (ni-MOM) chʼéchʼííh naachʼi (CONT) yichʼih (PROG) binááchʼih	S produces a current of air on O yoołchʼííh

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-chʼííh	-chʼi	-chʼih	-chʼih	-chʼííh
CONT	-chʼi	-chʼi	-chʼih	-chʼih	-chʼi

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHʼI (blow)