-ʼEEZH
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *ʼe̓ž (“to string fish or beads”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna *inezʼaes (“he strung them”).
Evolved in Navajo to mean “lead 2+ objects”, in contrast with -LÓÓZ, “lead a single object”.
Root
-ʼEEZH
1. to lead plural object
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O + ∅ | motion |
S leads O |
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| O + ł | adjectival |
S is a leader, is in charge of O
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| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O + ∅ | conversive |
S strings beads
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Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -ʼéésh | -ʼeezh | -ʼish | -ʼish | -ʼéésh |
| CONT / CONCL | -ʼeesh | -ʼeezh | -ʼish | -ʼish | -ʼeesh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.