Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *tsu̓ɢ (“to be yellow, tan”). Also occurs with intensive infix -x- indicating a darker color tone as orange.
-TSOII
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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łi + ∅ | adjectival |
S is yellow (neuter impf.) |
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d |
S is yellow (neuter perf.) |
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∅ |
S becomes —
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S makes O —
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Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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TRANS | -tsóóh | -tsoii | -tsoh | -tsoh | -tsóóh |
NEUT | -tso | -tso | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.