-GAN
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gan"
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢʊŋ (“to be dry”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna ggan (“dry”). See also Navajo asgąʼ (“dried remains”).
Root
-GAN
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | conversive |
S dries up |
S dries O up
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| ∅ | adjectival |
S is dry, has dried up
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Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous/Conclusive | -gan | -gan | -gą́ą́ł | -gą́ą́h | -gan |
| Neuter | — | -gan | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
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References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 198