-GHĄ́Ą́ʼ
Navajo
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *ɣ̇an (“to make plural objects, to kill plural objects”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna esghaan (“I am killing them”).
Root
[edit]-GHĄ́Ą́ʼ
- to kill plural objects
| Theme | Category | Bases | Reciprocal/Reflexive (+d) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ʼa + ł | operative |
S kills plural O
|
plural S kill each other / themselves
|
Stem set
[edit]| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -ghą́ | -ghą́ą́ʼ | -ghą́ą́ł | -ghą́ą́h | -ghą́ą́h |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
[edit]Navajo terms belonging to the root -GHĄ́Ą́ʼ (kill)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *ɣ̇ʊn (“to snore, to growl”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna yutnełghan (“he growled at him”).
Root
[edit]-GHĄ́Ą́ʼ
- to snore
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ʼa + ł | operative |
S snores
|
Stem set
[edit]| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -ghą́ą́h | -ghą́ą́ʼ | -ghą́ą́ł | -ghą́ą́h | -ghą́ą́ʼ |
| DUR | -ghą́ą́ʼ | -ghą́ą́ʼ | -ghą́ą́ł | -ghą́ą́h | -ghą́ą́ʼ |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.