-ZO
Navajo
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *zʊɣ̇ (“to scrape”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna ighizogh (“he scraped it”), Carrier təszoh (“to rake it”).
In Southern Athabaskan, the root evolved to mean “to mark”, “to draw a line or a border”. In Navajo, it is also found in bases related to the four operations.
Root
edit-ZO
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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O + ∅ | successive |
S marks |
2. to add, to subtract, to multiply
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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O + ∅ | ? |
S adds...
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Stem set
editAspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -zóóh | -zo | -zoh | -zoh | -zóóh |
CONT | -zo | -zo | -zoh | -zoh | -zo |
SEM | -zoh | -zoh | -zoh | -zoh | -zoh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.