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Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼutšʼ (“to be sour, rancid”).
In Northern Athabaskan languages, the stem Proto-Athabaskan *qʼəž, with the same meaning, is derived from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼəš (“alder”), whence Navajo kʼish (“alder”).
Root
-KʼǪSH
- to be sour, be rancid, be bitter, be salty
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S turns sour, salty, bitter
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adjectival
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S is sour, salty, bitter
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Stem set
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to be sour, fermented:
to be spoiled:
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼǪSH (sour)