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Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *ži (“to name it”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna yuzii (“he is calling him”).
Root
-ZHIʼ
- to call it by name, to name it
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Transitive bases (O + ł)
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S names it
- ↳ wójí (+d pass.)
- ↳ ádójí (+d refl.)
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Stem set
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZHIʼ (name)