-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ts’ųts’ (“to suck, to kiss”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna yiztsʼos (“he is sucking it once”).

Root

-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z

1. to suck, to kiss

Theme	Category	Bases	Reflexive / Reciprocal (+d)
∅	successive	S sucks, kisses yitsʼǫǫs (REP) néinitsʼǫs (SER) yiyiitsʼǫs (SEM)	S sucks self / each other ádítsʼǫǫs / ahitsʼǫǫs náʼádinitsʼǫǫs /náʼahinitsʼǫǫs ádiitsʼǫs / ?
ł	?	S smacks lips yíʼdítsʼǫǫs

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM / REP	-tsʼǫǫs	-tsʼǫ́ǫ́z	-tsʼǫs	-tsʼǫs	-tsʼǫǫs
SER	-tsʼǫs	-tsʼǫ́ǫ́z	-tsʼǫs	-tsʼǫs	-tsʼǫǫs
SEM	-tsʼǫs	-tsʼǫs	-tsʼǫs	-tsʼǫs	-tsʼǫǫs

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to suck:

• -TʼÓÓD

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z (kiss)