-KĘ́Ę́Z
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *qʷetsʼ (“stick-like or heavy object falls”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna naghilkaetsʼ (“(knife, box) fell down”), Chipewyan -kɛ́θ (“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) | ||||
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∅ | motion |
SSO falls |
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∅ | successive |
SSO bounces
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM | -kęęs | -kę́ę́z | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kęęs |
REP | -kǫs | - | - | - | - |
SEM | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kǫs | -kǫs |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -KĘ́Ę́Z (SSO moves)
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