-TSXAS

Navajo

Root

-TSXAS

1. to act in a violent, whip-lashing manner
2. to strike with a slender flexible object (SFO)
3. to slam

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous	-tsxáás	-tsxas	-tsxis	-tsxis	-tsxáás
Distributive	-tsxas	-tsxas	-tsxis	-tsxis	-tsxas
Repetitive	-tsxis	-tsxas	-tsxis	-tsxis	-tsxis
Semelfactive	-tsxis	-tsxis	-tsxis	-tsxis	-tsxis
Cursive	-tsxis, -tsxáás	—	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSXAS (whip)

atsxis

References

• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 592