łóóʼ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "loo"
Navajo
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *ɬuˑqʼeˑ (“fish, salmon”), from Proto-Athabaskan *ɬu̓χ (“fish, Alaskan whitefish”). Compare Ahtna łukʼae, South Slavey łue, Chipewyan łue, Beaver lhuuge, Kaska łūge, Gwich'in łuk, Southern Carrier lhook, Southern Tutchone łu, Sekani lhoowe, Tahltan łuwe, Chilcotin lhuy, Hän łuk, Hupa ło:q', Tolowa lhuk as well as .[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]łóóʼ
Inflection
[edit]| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | shíłóóʼ | nihíłóóʼ | danihíłóóʼ |
| 2nd person | níłóóʼ | nihíłóóʼ | danihíłóóʼ |
| 3rd person | bíłóóʼ | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yíłóóʼ | ||
| 4th person (3a) | háłóóʼ | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | áłóóʼ | ||
Derived terms
[edit]- jélii łóóʼ (“jellyfish”)
- łóóʼ adishishí (“skate, stingray”)
- łóóʼ bíchį́į́h nineezí (“swordfish”)
- łóóʼ bigaan dahólónígíí (“cephalopod”)
- łóóʼ bigaan neeznání (“squid”)
- łóóʼ bigaan tseebíí (“octopus”)
- łóóʼ bitsʼaʼí bigaanłání (“nautilus”)
- łóóʼ bigháhootʼíní (“glassfish”)
- łóóʼ bitsʼaʼ dahólónígíí (“shellfish”)
- łóóʼ hashkéhé (“shark”)
- łóóʼ ooshgę́ęzhii (“cartilaginous fish”)
- łóóʼtsoh (“whale”)
- naʼashǫ́ʼii łóóʼ (“eel”)
References
[edit]- ^ Fortescue, M., Vajda, E. (2022) Mid-Holocene Language Connections between Asia and North America (Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas; 17)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 288, 301
- ^ Sharon Hargus, Keren Rice (2005) Athabaskan Prosody, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 299-301