-ZIIL

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Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *zəl (“to be hot”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna ʼiziił (“it got warm”), Carrier hodinzil (“weather is warm”).

Root

-ZIIL

  1. to be warm, tepid
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
(ni) + ∅ adjectival

S is warm

(ni) + ∅ transitional

S gets warm

S makes O warm

ł motion?

heat moves

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
TRANS -zííł -ziil -ził -ził -zííł
NEUT - -zílí - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

warm, hot:

 
 

Antonyms

cold, cool:

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZIIL (warm)

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia