-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z

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Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ts’ųts’ (to suck, to kiss).

Cognate root found in Ahtna yiztsʼos (he is sucking it once).

Root

-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z

  1. to suck, to kiss
Theme Category Bases Reflexive / Reciprocal (+d)
successive

S sucks, kisses

S sucks self / each other

ł ?

S smacks lips

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM / REP -tsʼǫǫs -tsʼǫ́ǫ́z -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫǫs
SER -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫ́ǫ́z -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫǫs
SEM -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫs -tsʼǫǫs

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to suck:

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼǪ́Ǫ́Z (kiss)