-DÁÁZ

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See also: Daaz, -daaz, and -dááz

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *da̓z ~ *das (“to be heavy”). Compare Chipewyan yekʼéghíłdath (“it is coming down heavy on him”) and Navajo das (“weight”).

In active intransitive bases this root describes the movement of a mass of plural objects. In neuter adjectival and comparative bases it retains the original meaning “to be heavy”.

Root

-DÁÁZ

1. a mass of plural objects (i.e., snow flakes, dirt particles, ...) moves
Theme Category Bases Seriative bases (hi)
ł motion S (a mass) moves, falls, slides, ... particles move one after the other
↳ hodiiłdaas
2. to be heavy
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
ni + ∅ adjectival S is heavy
á + ni + ł adjectival S is comparatively heavy

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -daas -dááz -das -das -daas
CONT -daas -dááz -das -das -daas
ABS -daaz — — — —
COMP -dáás — — — —

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to be heavy:

Motion verbs:

 

Antonyms

to be light:

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DÁÁZ (heavy)

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DÁÁZ (mass moves)

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