-KʼǪSH
Appearance
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼutšʼ (“to be sour, rancid”).
In Northern Athabaskan languages, the stem Proto-Athabaskan *qʼəž, with the same meaning, is derived from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼəš (“alder”), whence Navajo kʼish (“alder”).
Root
[edit]-KʼǪSH
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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di | ? | S turns sour, salty, bitter | |||||
di | adjectival | S is sour, salty, bitter
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Stem set
[edit]Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM | -kʼǫsh | -kʼǫsh | -kʼǫsh | -kʼǫsh | -kʼǫsh |
CONT | -kʼǫǫsh | -kʼǫ́ǫ́zh | -kʼǫsh | -kʼǫsh | -kʼǫǫsh |
NEUT | - | -kʼǫ́ǫ́zh | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.