-TSʼEEʼ

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼeq’ (“to lick”).

Root

-TSʼEEʼ

  1. to eat mushy object (as cornmeal)
Theme Category Bases + Unspec object
O + ł operative

S eats O

S eats
O + l operative

S overeats O

  • néidíníltsʼééh (MOM)
  • néineestsʼééh (perf.)

S overeats

  • ńʼdíníltsʼééh (MOM)
  • náʼneestsʼééh (perf.)

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -tsʼééh -tsʼeeʼ -tsʼah -tsʼah -tsʼééh
MOM -tsʼééh -tsʼeeʼ -tsʼah -tsʼah -tsʼééh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to eat:

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *tsʼe̓ɣ (“to wiggle, to wind, to coil”). Found only in some neuter perfective bases. Probably related to this root, a secondary meaning also occurs in neuter bases describing objects parallel to one another as rails, poles, columns of smoke.

Root

-TSʼEEʼ

  1. to be coiled, spiraled

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
ná/ni + d adjectival

S is coiled

  • hanootsʼeeʼ (NEUT)
  • haʼnootsʼeeʼ
  • nástsʼaaʼ
  • náhineetsʼeeʼ

  2. to lie parallel

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
ni + ∅/d adjectival

S lie parallel

  • áłtaʼneetsʼeeʼ (NEUT)
  • neetsʼeeʼ
  • náhoneetsʼeeʼ
  • yaniitsʼeeʼ
  • nanootsʼeeʼ

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM - -tsʼeeʼ / tsʼaaʼ - - -
Synonyms

to coil:

  • -ZHAʼ
 
 

to lie parallel:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (eat mushy)

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (coil)

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼEEʼ (lie parallel)

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