-DO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "do"

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dʊɣ̇ (“gas moves”).

Describes the movement of gas (air, cloud, smoke) in motion themes and the bursting of gas containers (as a sack of air, a tyre) in successive themes.

Cognate root found in Ahtna kekuldogh (“area becomes foggy”), ldogh (“it cracked”).

Root

-DO

1. to float in the air (smoke, cloud, balloon)

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
l	motion	S floats — (∅-MOM) iildóóh dildóóh diildóóh haaldóóh yíldóóh (ni-MOM) chʼéldóóh niildóóh naaldo (CONT) yildoh (PROG)	S sails O (a balloon) — (∅-MOM) iiłdóóh yidiłdóóh yidiiłdóóh — yíłdóóh (ni-MOM) — — neiłdo (CONT) yoołdoh (PROG)
l	successive	S bursts yiildoh (SEM)	S bursts O yiyiiłdoh (SEM)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-dóóh	-do	-doh	-doh	-dóóh
CONT	-do	-do	-doh	-doh	-do
CONT	-doh	-doh	-doh	-doh	-doh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to float:

• -ʼÉÉL (in water)

to pop:

• -CHOZH
• -DON
• -TÁÁL

cloud floats (smoke, fog, dust, stench):

• -GOʼ
• -JOOL
• -TSXAAZ
• -YOH (aroma)
• -ZIʼ

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DO (gas floats)