-KÉÉZ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *qʊs-x (“to cough”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna delkos (“he is coughing”), Carrier dəlkwəs (“he coughs”).
Occurs in Southern Athabaskan along with tsí-thematic in bases related to thinking. This meaning is probably rather related to the non-nasalized form of -KĘ́Ę́Z (in which the nazalization is non-etymological).
Root
-KÉÉZ
1. to cough
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| di + l | successive |
S coughs |
2. to think, to ponder, to decide
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tsí + ∅ |
S thinks |
Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM / CONT | -kees | -kééz | -kos | -kos | -kees |
| REP | -kos | - | - | - | - |
| SEM | -kos | -kos | -kos | -kos | -kos |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -KÉÉZ (cough)
Navajo terms belonging to the root -KÉÉZ (think)
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