-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)
l	adjectival	S is effervescent dilchxosh (NEUT)
l	successive	S pops, spurts — yiilchxosh (MOM) diilchxosh	S pops O ahehełchxóósh (MOM) yiyiiłchxosh (SEM) yidiiłchxosh

  2. to eat leafy matter, to graze

Theme	Category	Bases	+ Unspec object
O + ł	operative	S eats O yiʼniiłchóósh (MOM) niyíłchóósh — — yiłchozh (DUR)	S eats yiʼniiłchóósh (MOM) niʼíłchóósh táʼdíłchóósh (DIV) naʼałchozh (CONT) ałchozh (DUR)
O + l	operative	S overeats O néineeshchóósh (MOM) ńdínílchóósh	S overeats náʼneeshchóósh (MOM)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
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

to eat:

• -ʼAAL (hard O)
• -DÉÉL (plural O)
• -DLĄ́Ą́ʼ (liquid O)
• -GHAL (meat)
• -KID (chunky O)
• -TSʼEEʼ (mushy O)
• -YĄ́Ą́ʼ
• -MAL

to pop:

• -DO
• -DON
• -TÁÁL

to bubble:

• -GHAAZH

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHOZH (pop)

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHOZH (eat leafy)