-KʼAAZ

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Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *q’ɑ̓ts’ (“to be cold”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna nezkʼatsʼ (“it is cold”), Carrier sək’əz (“to be cold”), Chipewyan huk’að (“cold weather”).

Root

-KʼAAZ

  1. to be cold
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅ adjectival

S is cold

ni + ∅ adjectival

S is cold

ni + ∅ transitional

S gets cold

↳ nániikʼáás (+d refl.)

S makes O cold

ł motion

cold moves

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -kʼáás -kʼaaz -kʼas -kʼas -kʼáás
CONT -kʼaas -kʼaaz -kʼas -kʼas -kʼaas
NEUT — kʼaz / -kʼází — — —

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

cold, cool:

 

Antonyms

warm, hot:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼAAZ (cold)

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