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Navajo
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *žənʸ (“to be dark,black”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna delzen (“dark colored”), Gwich'in azhrąįį.
Root
-ZHĮ́Į́ʼ
- black
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Bases
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Transitive bases (O + ł)
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adjectival
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S is black (neuter impf.)
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S is black (neuter perf.)
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S becomes —
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S makes O —
- ↳ ádiilzhį́į́h (+d refl.)
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motion
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black S moves
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Stem set
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
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Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ (black)