-DON

See also: Appendix:Variations of "don"

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dəmʼ (“to become taut, full to burst”). Cognate with -DǪǪD (“to straighten up”).

Root

-DON

1. to blast, to explode, to shoot, to fire a gun

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
l	successive		S blasts O haʼałdon yigháʼídon yiłdon (REP)
di + l	successive	S explodes diildǫǫh (SEM)	S blasts O yidiiłdǫǫh
di + l	adjectival	S pops, is explosive dildon (NEUT) dildǫʼ
(dzi) + ł	successive	S shoots, fires a gun Motion: adziłdon hadziłdon yáádziiłdon nidzíłdon yitázdiiłdǫǫh neiłdon (CONT) Successive: yííníiłdǫǫh (yíníi-, semelfactive) yółdon (yíní-, repetitive) adiłdon dzidiłdon (jidizhni-)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM / REP / CONT	-don	-don	-dǫǫł	-dǫǫh	-don
MOM	-dǫǫh	-don	-dǫǫł	-dǫǫh	-dǫǫh
SEM	-dǫǫh	-dǫǫh	-dǫǫł	-dǫǫh	-dǫǫh
NEUT	-don	—	—	—	—
NEUT	-dǫʼ	—	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to pop:

• -CHOZH
• -CHʼIL
• -DO
• -TÁÁL

to shoot:

• -KAI
• -TʼOH
• -ZIʼ

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DON (explode)