-GIZ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢətsʼ (“twist, wring”). Compare Carrier nasguz (“wash wet linen”) and Tanacross nachʼegétth (“wash (especially clothes)”).
In Navajo the momentaneous imperfective stem is attested in the doublet: -géés / -gíís. This root is related with -GEEZ (“to be twisted, crooked”).
Root
-GIZ
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | operative |
S twists, turns O
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| di + ∅ | adjectival |
S is crooked, twisted
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- 2. wash
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | operative |
S washes a permeable O
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| tá + ∅ | operative |
S washes an impermeable O |
Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM 1 | -géés | -giz | -gis | -gis | -géés |
| MOM 2 | -gíís | -gis | -gis | -gis | -gíís |
| DIST | -giz | -giz | -gis | -gis | -giz |
| REV | -gis | -giz | -gis | -gis | -gis |
| SEM | -gis | -gis | -gis | -gis | -gis |
| CONCL | -gis | -giz | -gis | -gis | -gis |
| NEUT | -gis | -gis | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.