Root:   dzat₁   «shuffle»

To walk while dragging one's legs, like a rabbit in deep snow dragging its shins. Although the case of the rabbit is probably the proto-type, this root is applied to the motion of other animals, including moose and people.

TMNAspectStem
IAcontdzat
PAcontdzak

Presumably related to -dzat ‟shin”, q.v..

Index of verb forms based on this root.


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