The noun áháchįʼ (“anger”) derives from the contraction of the neuter imperfective verb hachįʼ (“it is nasty”) and the postposition á (“for someone”).
The momentaneous perfective stem of this root is either -chįįd or -chįʼ.
-CHĮĮD
Theme | Category | Bases | Causative-transitive bases (ho + ł) | ||||
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ho + ∅ | ? | things are nasty, ugly
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S causes things to be nasty, ugly
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Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM | -chįįh | -chįįd / -chįʼ | -chįįł | -chįįh | -chįįh |
NEUT | -chįʼ | -chįʼ | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĮĮD (nasty)
Compare Carrier -tsin (“to be weak”).
This root is attested only in the durative aspect.
-CHĮĮD
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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∅ | ? | S is hopeless, critical | |||||
da | ? | S is wounded mortally |
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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DUR | -chįįh | -chįįd | -chįįł | -chįįh | -chįįh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.