-CHĮĮD

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Etymology 1

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.

Root

-CHĮĮD

  1. to be nasty, be ugly
Theme Category Bases Causative-transitive bases (ho + ł)
ho + ∅ ? things are nasty, ugly

 

S causes things to be nasty, ugly
↳ halchįįh (+d refl.)

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -chįįh -chįįd / -chįʼ -chįįł -chįįh -chįįh
NEUT -chįʼ -chįʼ - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to be nasty, ugly:

to be ruined:

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĮĮD (nasty)

Etymology 2

Compare Carrier -tsin (“to be weak”).

This root is attested only in the durative aspect.

Root

-CHĮĮD

  1. to be hopeless, be despairing
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅ ? S is hopeless, critical
da ? S is wounded mortally

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
DUR -chįįh -chįįd -chįįł -chįįh -chįįh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -CHĮĮD (hopeless)

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