-TSʼEEʼ

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See also: tsee, tséé, and -tsʼeeʼ

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼeq’ (“to lick”).

Root

-TSʼEEʼ

  1. to eat mushy object (as cornmeal)
Theme Category Bases + Unspec object
O + ł operative

S eats O

S eats

O + l operative

S overeats O

S overeats

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -tsʼééh -tsʼeeʼ -tsʼah -tsʼah -tsʼééh
MOM -tsʼééh -tsʼeeʼ -tsʼah -tsʼah -tsʼééh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to eat:

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼe̓ɣ (“to wiggle, to wind, to coil”). Found only in some neuter perfective bases. Probably related to this root, a secondary meaning also occurs in neuter bases describing objects parallel to one another as rails, poles, columns of smoke.

Root

-TSʼEEʼ

  1. to be coiled, spiraled

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
ná/ni + d adjectival

S is coiled

  2. to lie parallel

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
ni + ∅/d adjectival

S lie parallel

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM — —tsʼeeʼ / -tsʼaaʼ — — —
Synonyms

to coil:

 
 

to lie parallel:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (eat mushy)

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (coil)

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (lie parallel)

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