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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*čʼʷičʼʷ",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/čʼʷičʼʷ"
],
[
"tsʼiis",
"tsʼiis#Ahtna"
],
[
"dɛts’iz",
"dɛts’iz#Chipewyan"
],
[
"-CHʼÍÍZH",
"-CHʼÍÍZH#Navajo"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nv",
"2": "ath-pro",
"3": "*čʼʷičʼʷ",
"4": "",
"5": "to be rough, chapped"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *čʼʷičʼʷ (“to be rough, chapped”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "aht",
"2": "tsʼiis",
"3": "",
"4": "rough"
},
"expansion": "Ahtna tsʼiis (“rough”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "chp",
"2": "dɛts’iz",
"3": "",
"4": "it is rough and hard"
},
"expansion": "Chipewyan dɛts’iz (“it is rough and hard”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *čʼʷičʼʷ (“to be rough, chapped”).\nCognate root found in Ahtna tsʼiis (“rough”), Chipewyan dɛts’iz (“it is rough and hard”).\nRelated to -CHʼÍÍZH (“make a dry rustling sound”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nv",
"2": "root"
},
"expansion": "-CHʼIIZH",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"pos": "root",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Navajo roots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to abrade, to saw, to file, to scrub"
],
"id": "en--CHʼIIZH-nv-root-o8wiy2yN",
"links": [
[
"abrade",
"abrade"
],
[
"saw",
"saw"
],
[
"file",
"file"
],
[
"scrub",
"scrub"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "-ZHÍÍʼ"
},
{
"word": "-DĄZH"
},
{
"word": "-GÓÓN"
},
{
"word": "-JÉÉL"
},
{
"word": "-WOL"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"word": "-CHʼIIZH"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*čʼʷičʼʷ",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Athabaskan/čʼʷičʼʷ"
],
[
"tsʼiis",
"tsʼiis#Ahtna"
],
[
"dɛts’iz",
"dɛts’iz#Chipewyan"
],
[
"-CHʼÍÍZH",
"-CHʼÍÍZH#Navajo"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nv",
"2": "ath-pro",
"3": "*čʼʷičʼʷ",
"4": "",
"5": "to be rough, chapped"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Athabaskan *čʼʷičʼʷ (“to be rough, chapped”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "aht",
"2": "tsʼiis",
"3": "",
"4": "rough"
},
"expansion": "Ahtna tsʼiis (“rough”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "chp",
"2": "dɛts’iz",
"3": "",
"4": "it is rough and hard"
},
"expansion": "Chipewyan dɛts’iz (“it is rough and hard”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Athabaskan *čʼʷičʼʷ (“to be rough, chapped”).\nCognate root found in Ahtna tsʼiis (“rough”), Chipewyan dɛts’iz (“it is rough and hard”).\nRelated to -CHʼÍÍZH (“make a dry rustling sound”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nv",
"2": "root"
},
"expansion": "-CHʼIIZH",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"pos": "root",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
"Navajo lemmas",
"Navajo roots",
"Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan",
"Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to abrade, to saw, to file, to scrub"
],
"links": [
[
"abrade",
"abrade"
],
[
"saw",
"saw"
],
[
"file",
"file"
],
[
"scrub",
"scrub"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "-ZHÍÍʼ"
},
{
"word": "-DĄZH"
},
{
"word": "-GÓÓN"
},
{
"word": "-JÉÉL"
},
{
"word": "-WOL"
}
],
"word": "-CHʼIIZH"
}
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