-KĘ́Ę́Z
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *q(w)eːtsʼ (“stick-like or heavy object falls”).[1]
Cognate root found in Ahtna kaetsʼ (“an enclosed object moves, falls”), Chipewyan -kéth (“long object drops”).
The nasal vowel, found only in Navajo, is unexplained. See also -KÉÉZ where some confusion has arisen.
Root
-KĘ́Ę́Z
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | motion |
SSO falls |
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| ∅ | successive |
SSO bounces
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -kęęs | -kę́ę́z | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kęęs |
| Repetitive | -kǫs | — | — | — | — |
| Semelfactive | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kǫs |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 322
- ^ Jeff Leer (2010), “The palatal series in Athabascan-Eyak-Tlingit, with an overview of the basic sound correspondences”, in Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska: The Dene-Yeniseian, Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, page 184