-GEED
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢed (“to stick, to poke”), also found in a number of disparate meanings, including “to crawl, to go on all four” (giving the Navajo meaning “to buck”).
Related to Navajo god (“knee”).
Root
-GEED
1. to dig, to shovel; to stick, to jab
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O + ∅ | operative |
S digs O
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| O + ł | motion |
S sticks O
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| di + ∅/ł | ? |
S jabs with fire
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2. to buck, to move bucking (a horse)
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| l | motion |
S bucks |
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -gééd | -geed | -goł | -goʼ | -gééd |
| Continuative | -geed | -geed | -goł | -goʼ | -geed |
| Repetitive | -god | -geed | -goł | -goʼ | -gééd |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -GEED (stick)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 201