-ZĄ́Ą́ʼ

See also: zaa, Zaa, zaa', zää, and žää

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *zan (“to beat wife or spouse”).

Root

-ZĄ́Ą́ʼ

to beat one's wife, to have a violent domestic quarrel

Theme

Category

Bases

Transitive bases (O + ł)

hi + ∅

operative

S beats wife

iizą́ (DUR)
ahiizą́

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
DUR	-zą́	-zą́ą́ʼ	-zį́į́ł	-zį́į́h	-zą́ą́ʼ

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZĄ́Ą́ʼ (beat wife)

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