-TSEII

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tsaˑʼy (“to be dry”). Cognate root found in Ahtna naghaltsaay’ (“they dried up”).

Also spelt as -TSAII.

Root

-TSEII

1. to be dry

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ł	adjectival	S is dry yíłtseii (NEUT) ↳ hóółtseii
l	transitional	S dries up náltsááh ↳ náháltsááh	S dries O up néíłtsááh

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous	-tsááh	-tseii	-tsih	-tsih	-tsááh
Neuter	—	-tseii	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

dry:

• -GAN

 

Antonyms

wet:

• -TŁÉÉʼ

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSEII (dry)

hóółtseii

náltsááh

néíłtsááh

yíłtseii