-GHAZ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *gḥatsʼ (“to make a gash with a sharp object”)
Root
-GHAZ
- to scratch
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -ghaas | -ghaz | -ghas | -ghas, -gas | -ghaas |
| Continuative | -ghaz | -ghaz | -ghaz | -ghaz | -ghaz |
| Repetitive | -ghas | -ghas | -ghas | -ghas, -gas | -ghas |
| Semelfactive | -ghas | -ghas | -ghas | -ghas, -gas | -ghas |
| Neuter | -ghas, -ghaz, -gház | -ghas | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, pages 225-226