-KĘ́Ę́Z
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *q(w)eːtsʼ (“stick-like or heavy object falls”).[1]
Cognate root found in Ahtna naghilkaetsʼ (“(knife, box) fell down”), 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 | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -kęęs | -kę́ę́z | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kęęs |
| REP | -kǫs | — | — | — | — |
| SEM | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kǫs |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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