-GOʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "go"

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢʊ̓k’ (“to bump into, to rush”).

Root

-GOʼ

  1. to fall (animate), to rush (stream), to billow (fog)

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅	motion	AnO falls, stream rushes yigeeh (∅-MOM) iigeeh digeeh haageeh naageeh yígeeh (ni-MOM) chʼégeeh niigeeh naagoʼ (CONT) yigoh (PROG)	S pushes AnO, causes AnO to fall yiłgeeh (∅-MOM) iiłgeeh — — neiłgeeh — (ni-MOM) chʼííłgeeh niyíłgeeh
ʼa + ∅	motion	gassy matter billows eʼegeeh (∅-MOM) haʼageeh chʼéʼégeeh (ni-MOM) oogoh (PROG)
∅		S is kneeling ntsidííníshgoʼ (NEUT)

  2. to tackle, to butt, to collide; (tr.) to bang O, to hit O

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
(dzi) + ∅	successive	S tackles Motion: adzigeeh ayídzígeeh naʼagoʼ (CONT) Successive: ahógeeh (yíní-) adigoh (iter.) nánígoh (SER) yiigoh (SEM) —	S bangs O   — — naʼałgoʼ (CONT)   — — néiniłgoh (SER) yiyiiłgoh (SEM) nikʼíidiiłgeeh

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-geeh	-goʼ	-goh	-goh	-geeh
CONT	-goʼ	-goʼ	-goh	-goh	-goʼ
SEM / SER	-goh	-goh	-goh	-goh	-goh
NEUT	—	-goʼ	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

AnO verbs:

• -TĮ́ (handle AnO)
• -TʼEʼ (propel AnO)
• -TŁIZH (AnO moves)
• -TĮ́ (AnO lies — 1S)
• -TÉÉZH (AnO lie — 2S)
• -JÉÉʼ (AnO lie — 3+S)

water flows:

• -LĮ́ (river)
• -NAʼ (sheet)
• -TSʼĄʼ (trickle)
• -YĘĘZH (muddy)

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

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

to hit:

• -GHAAL (club)
• -KAAD (slap)
• -TSEED (hammer)
• -TSʼIN (fist)
• -TSXAS (lash)

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -GOʼ (fall)