-GĘSH

Etymology

Doublet of -GIZH, and perhaps related to -GĘĘZH (“to open the eyes”), since in Alaskan Athabaskan cultures lightning is said to be caused by a thunderbird opening its eyes.

Root

-GĘSH

  1. to lighten
  2. lightning flashes

Stem set

Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Iterative Optative
Semelfactive -gęsh -gęsh -gęsh -gęsh -gęsh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -GĘSH (lightning)
jiilgęsh
ńdajiilgęsh

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 201
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