-DĄĄD

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *danʸ (“spring”).

The noun daan (“spring, springtime”) is derived from this root.

Root

-DĄĄD

spring comes, passes

Theme

Category

Bases

Transitive bases (O + ł)

∅

motion

spring comes or passes

yidąąh

↳ beedąąh

chʼínádąąh (ná-, “back”)
iʼniidąąh (iʼnii-, “begin”)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-dąąh	-dąąd	-dąął	-dąąh	-dąąh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Antonyms

-HAI (winter)
-KʼEED (fall)
-ZHĮ́ (summer)

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DĄĄD (spring passes)

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