sǫʼ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "so"
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *sə̓w̃ʼ ~ tsə̓w̃ʼ.[1] Cognate with Tsuut'ina sʊ́n, Chipewyan tθʊ́n, Beaver sə́n, Carrier sʊm, Sekani səm, Ahtna sonʼ, and possibly Ket qòʁ.
Related to the root -SǪS (“to glitter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sõ̀ʔ/
Noun
sǫʼ (possessed form bizǫʼ)
- star (celestial body)
- shizǫʼ yę́ę! ― oh my stars!
Inflection
| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | shizǫʼ | nihizǫʼ | danihizǫʼ |
| 2nd person | nizǫʼ | nihizǫʼ | danihizǫʼ |
| 3rd person | bizǫʼ | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yizǫʼ | ||
| 4th person (3a) | hazǫʼ | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | azǫʼ | ||
Derived terms
- Mąʼii bizǫʼ (“Canopus”)
- sǫʼ nanidéhígíí (“meteor”)
- Sǫʼtah Anah
- tsésǫʼ (“glass”)
References
- ^ Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 102