-LOʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lo"

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *lʊk’ (“to handle rope-like object”).

Root

-LOʼ

1. to act with a rope: to carry suspended, to drive, to lasso, to weigh...

Theme	Category	Bases	Unspecified object (+ʼa)
O + ∅	motion	S carries O (with a handle or cord), S drives O (a guided vehicle) yileeh (∅-MOM) iileeh yidileeh yidiileeh haileeh haidiileeh táidiileeh yisdéíleeh yíleeh (ni-MOM) chʼííleeh niileeh neiloʼ (CONT) yooloh (PROG)	S drives (unspec vehicle) aleeh (∅-MOM) eʼeleeh adileeh adiileeh haʼaleeh haʼdiileeh táʼdiileeh yisdáʼáleeh íleeh (ni-MOM) chʼíʼíleeh niʼíleeh naʼaloʼ (CONT) ooloh (PROG)
O + ∅	successive	S throws a rope (lasso, fishing line) yóleeh (yíní-, rep.) yííníileeh (yíníi-, sem.) dzidileeh (jidizhni-, “good at”) adiloh (iter.) yiyiiloh (SEM)
ʼa + d	successive	S twitches adloh (REP) iidloh (SEM)
Pí + di + ∅		S brakes O yíidiileeh yídéesloʼ (bídííní-)	S put the brakes íidiileeh
O + hi + di + ∅	-	S hangs or weighs O yidiyiileeh (hidii-) ↳ ádiidleeh hidédloʼ (hidíní-)
Pi + ʼa + ∅	-	S tricks, cheats P yiʼdileeh ↳ ádiʼdidleeh yinaʼaloʼ (CONT)	S cheats, defrauds iʼdileeh

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-leeh	-loʼ	-loh	-loh	-leeh
CONT	-loʼ	-loʼ	-loh	-loh	-loʼ
REP	-loʼ	-	-	-	-
SEM	-loh	-loh	-loh	-loh	-loh
NEUT	-	-loʼ	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

SFO verbs:

• -DÉÉL (SFO moves)
• -LÁ (handle SFO)
• -TʼIʼ (SFO extends)
• -CHʼĄ́Ą́L
• -ZǪ́Ǫ́Z

to trick:

• -ʼAAʼ
• -CHʼĄĄʼ

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -LOʼ (act with a rope)