-TSĄĄD

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *kʸan (“belly”). Cognate with atsą́ (“belly, abdomen”).

Maybe related to the root -TSĄ́Ą́ʼ (“to rain”).

Root

-TSĄĄD

1. to be pregnant

Theme	Category	Bases	Impersonal bases (ʼa + ∅)
l	?	S is pregnant iʼniiltsąąh (MOM) yiltsą́ (NEUT)	there is pregnancy — ootsą́

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-tsąąh	-tsąąd	-tsąął	-tsąąh	-tsąąh
NEUT	—	-tsą́	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSĄĄD (pregnant)