-ZǪ́Ǫ́Z
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *huˑs (“to stretch”), from Pre-Proto-Athabaskan *həwəs. Cognate with -LÓÓZ (“to lead”) and -DZĮ́Į́Z (“to drag”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna yuus (“stretch”), Koyukon kʼətalhuł (“to spread something out”), Chipewyan tɛsθuθ (“I am dragging it”), naasdðuθ (“I usually turn it inside out”), Mattole -yoos (“to skin it”).
Root
-ZǪ́Ǫ́Z
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O + ∅ | motion |
S pulls O, tears O
|
2. to be striped
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ni + d | adjectival |
S is striped
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous/Reversitative/Distributive | -zǫ́ǫ́s | -zǫ́ǫ́z | -zǫ́ǫ́s | -zǫ́ǫ́s | -zǫ́ǫ́s |
| Continuative | -zǫ́ǫ́z | -zǫ́ǫ́z | -zǫ́ǫ́s | -zǫ́ǫ́s | -zǫ́ǫ́z |
| Neuter | — | -zǫ́ǫ́z | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZǪ́Ǫ́Z (pull gently)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 761