-DZID

Navajo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *gʸud (“be rotten; amorphous substance [odor] moves”).

Root

-DZID

1. to rot, decay, spoil

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
di + ł	successive	S decays diłdzííd
ł	adjectival	S is rotten naałdzid

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-dzííd	-dzid	-dził	-dziʼ	-dzííd

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DZID (rot)

Etymology 2

Root

-DZID

1. to shake

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ł	motion	S shakes O yiłdzid
ł	motion	S gives O a shake séłdzid
ni + ł	motion	S shakes unspecified O naʼnéłdzid	S shakes O nanéłdzid
ni + ł	motion	S sloshes unspecified O naʼnésdzid	S sloshes O around nanésdzid

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
REP	-dzid	-dzid	-dził	-dziʼ	-dzid
CONT	-dzid	-dzid	-dził	-dziʼ	-dzid
SEM	-dzid	-dzid	-dził	-dzid	-dzid

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DZID (shake)