-DÁÁZ

== Navajo == === Etymology === From Proto-Athabaskan *da̓z (“to be heavy”). Compare Chipewyan yekʼéghíłdath (“it is coming down heavy on him”), Lower Tanana doth (“to be heavy”), and Navajo das (“weight”). In active intransitive bases this root describes the movement of a mass of plural objects. In neuter adjectival and comparative bases it retains the original meaning “to be heavy”. === Root === -DÁÁZ 1. a mass of plural objects (i.e., snowflakes, dirt particles, ...) moves 2. to be heavy ==== Stem set ==== See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 121