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Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tšitɬʼ (“snow”). Compare Navajo chííl (“snowstorm”). The root often appears with the emphatic infix -x-.
The verb yíchííł translates as “a snowstorm arrives” in the imperfective mode, while in the perfective mode it means “it snows”.
Root
-CHÍÍL
- to snow
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a snowstorm moves
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Stem set
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHÍÍL (snow)