-ZIID

See also: -ZĮĮD

Navajo

Etymology 1

Root

-ZIID

1. to grope, grasp, grab

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ha/ho	successive	S gropes its way through ahassííd bináhásííd biníkáhonissííd chʼíhonissííd honissííd yisdáhóóziid
ha/ho	motion	S gropes nahassiid
ho	motion	S gropes around ádináhweessił bináhweessił hweessił
ł	motion	S grabs O yiissił
l	motion	S grabs ádisisził ahisiilził (“to grab each other”)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-zííd	-ziid	-ził	-ziʼ	-zííd
CONT	-ziid	-ziid	-ził	-ziʼ	-ziid
SEM	-ził	-ził	-ził	-ził	-ził

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZIID (grab)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *zid (“pour”).

Root

-ZIID

1. to pour

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅	motion	S rakes, pours O iissííd adaassííd aháníssííd yizííd níziid nassiid ahádaassiid
d	successive	S pours O yidzííd baʼídziid (“O is given on loan”) bikʼihooziid (“S is covered by things raked over it”) ádádiisdziid (“to take a sip of O”)
∅	adjectival	S lies siziid naazziid

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-zííd	-ziid	-ził	-ziʼ	-zííd
CONT	-ziid	-ziid	-ził	-ziʼ	-ziid
CONCL	-zid	-ziid	-ził	-ziʼ	-ziid
NEUT	—	-ziid	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZIID (pour)