-ZHĮ́

Etymology
From.

In Navajo, the initial fricative *š of Proto-Athabaskan didn't sonorize to zh, so in verbal stems and in the nominal stem the initial voiceless fricative sh is maintained (with the exception of the adverbial derivative, which shows a later sonorization). However, for consistency, the stem set of this root is presented with an analogical voiced initial zh. See also for a similar situation.

Root

 * 1) to become summer, to pass the summer


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