-KʼAAZ

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *q’ɑ̓ts’ (“to be cold”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna nezkʼatsʼ (“it is cold”), Carrier sək’əz (“to be cold”), Chipewyan huk’að (“cold weather”).

Root

-KʼAAZ

  1. to be cold
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø adjectival

S is cold
ni + Ø adjectival

S is cold
ni + Ø transitional

S gets cold

  • niikʼáás
↳ nániikʼáás (+d refl.)
  • honiikʼáás

S makes O cold
ł motion

cold moves

  • yiłkʼaas (Ø-MOM)
  • iiłkʼáás
  • diłkʼáás / deeskʼaaz
  • haałkʼáás
  • tádíłkʼáás
  • yíłkʼáás (ni-MOM)
  • chʼíníłkʼaaz
  • niiłkʼáás
  • naałkʼaas (CONT)

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -kʼáás -kʼaaz -kʼas -kʼas -kʼáás
CONT -kʼaas -kʼaaz -kʼas -kʼas -kʼaas
NEUT - -kʼaz / -kʼází - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

cold, cool:

  • -DLÍ
  • -KʼEʼ (cool off, stop hurting)
 

Antonyms

warm, hot:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼAAZ (cold)

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