-ZHIZH

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *žəž (“to sip hot liquid”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna izes (“drink (tea)”), Carrier əszəz (“drink soup with a spoon”).

Root

-ZHIZH

1. to breathe it in (its spirit)

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
O + ∅	successive	S breathes in yizhizh (DUR) yiyiizhish (SEM)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
DUR	-zhizh	-zhish	-zhizh	-zhish	-zhizh
SEM	-zhish	-zhish	-zhish	-zhish	-zhish

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to breathe:

• -DZÍÍʼ
• -YIH
• -YOL
• -ZHIL

 

 

 

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZHIZH (breathe in)