From Proto-Athabaskan *ča(nʸ) ~ *čʷa(nʸ) (“to become exhausted”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna nininitsaan (“he came exhausted”), Chipewyan nínįtsąʼ (“he is tired”).
Occurs in Navajo in bases related to “fleeing” and “running”.
-CHĄ́Ą́ʼ
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ni + ∅ | motion |
S flees
|
S chases O
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| ahi + ni + l | motion |
two S run
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| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -chééh | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chééł | -chééh | -chééł |
| CONT | -ché | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chééł | -chééh | -chééł |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĄ́Ą́ʼ (flee)
From Proto-Athabaskan *čən (“to smell, to stink”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna ukoltsen (“it smells”), Gwich'in yahtsan (“he smells it”).
-CHĄ́Ą́ʼ
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ł / l | adjectival |
S smells |
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| ł | conversive |
S smells O
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| di + l | motion |
S sniffs
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S sniffs for O
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| ∅ / l | ? |
S knows about |
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -chįįh | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chįįł | -chįįh | -chą́ą́ʼ |
| CONCL | -chin | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chį́į́ł | -chįįh | -chą́ą́ʼ |
| CONT | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chą́ą́ʼ | -chį́į́ł | -chį́į́h | -chą́ą́ʼ |
| CON | -chį́į́h | - | - | - | - |
| REP | -chą́ą́ʼ | - | - | - | - |
| SEM | -chįh | -chįh | -chįh | -chįh | -chįh |
| NEUTER | -chin | - | - | - | - |
| NEUTER | -chon | - | - | - | - |
| NEUTER | -chxon | - | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.