-ZĄ́Ą́ʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zaa"

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *zan (“to beat wife or spouse”).

Root

-ZĄ́Ą́ʼ

1. to beat one's wife, to have a violent domestic quarrel

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
hi + ∅	operative	S beats wife iizą́ (DUR) ahiizą́

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
DUR	-zą́	-zą́ą́ʼ	-zį́į́ł	-zį́į́h	-zą́ą́ʼ

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZĄ́Ą́ʼ (beat wife)