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”).
-KʼAAZ
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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∅ | adjectival |
S is cold |
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ni + ∅ | adjectival |
S is cold |
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ni + ∅ | transitional |
S gets cold
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S makes O cold |
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ł | motion |
cold moves
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Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM | -kʼáás | -kʼaaz | -kʼas | -kʼas | -kʼáás |
CONT | -kʼaas | -kʼaaz | -kʼas | -kʼas | -kʼaas |
NEUT | - | -kʼaz / -kʼází | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.