-ZIID

See also: -ZĮĮD

Navajo

Etymology 1

Root

-ZIID

to grope, grasp, grab

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ha/ho	successive	S gropes its way through ahassííd bináhásííd biníkáhonissííd chʼíhonissííd honissííd yisdáhóóziid
ha/ho	motion	S gropes nahassiid
ho	motion	S gropes around ádináhweessił bináhweessił hweessił
ł	motion	S grabs O yiissił
l	motion	S grabs ádisisził ahisiilził (“to grab each other”)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-zííd	-ziid	-ził	-ziʼ	-zííd
CONT	-ziid	-ziid	-ził	-ziʼ	-ziid
SEM	-ził	-ził	-ził	-ził	-ził

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Category:Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZIID (grab)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Athabaskan *zid (“pour”).

Root

-ZIID

to pour

Theme

Category

Bases

Transitive bases (O + ł)

∅

motion

S rakes, pours O

iissííd
adaassííd
aháníssííd
yizííd
níziid
nassiid
ahádaassiid

d

successive

S pours O

yidzííd
baʼídziid (“O is given on loan”)
bikʼihooziid (“S is covered by things raked over it”)
ádádiisdziid (“to take a sip of O”)

∅

adjectival

S lies

siziid
naazziid

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-zííd	-ziid	-ził	-ziʼ	-zííd
CONT	-ziid	-ziid	-ził	-ziʼ	-ziid
CONCL	-zid	-ziid	-ził	-ziʼ	-ziid
NEUT	—	-ziid	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZIID (pour)