User:Julien Daux/-CHA
Navajo
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *ɢəž (“to act with a stick, to be forked”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna delggez (“it is forked”), gges (“skewer”).
Found in Navajo in a number of disparate themes related to cutting, to forked or gapped shape, to seeping/spreading, and to acting with a stick or gestures.
Also found in a base related to flashing, probably a corruption of the root -GĘZH, of similar meaning (see -KĘ́Ę́Z/-KÉÉZ for a similar situation).
Root
edit-CHA
1. to cut, to incise; to be forked, to have a gap
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O + ł | motion |
S cuts O
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| O + Ø | successive |
S cuts O
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| ł | adjectival |
S is forked, gapped, has a pass |
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| Ø |
S breaks, gaps out (a dam) |
S breaks O |
2. to soak, to seep, to spread
| Theme | Category | Bases | Unspecified (+ʼa) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| si + d |
S soaks, seeps
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| si + Ø |
S spreads
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3. to act with a stick or gestures
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O + Ø | successive |
S [[]] O
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4. to flash
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dzi + l |
S flashes |
Stem set
edit| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -géésh | -gizh | -gish | -gish | -géésh |
| MOM | -gíísh | -gizh | -gish | -gish | -gíísh |
| CONT | -gizh | -gizh | -gish | -gish | -gizh |
| REV | -gish | -gizh | -gish | -gish | -gish |
| SEM | -gish | -gish | -gish | -gish | -gish |
| NEUT | -gizh | -gizh | - | - | - |
| NEUT | - | -giizh | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
editto cut:
action of water:
Derived terms
editNavajo terms belonging to the root Julien Daux (cut)
Navajo terms belonging to the root Julien Daux (soak)
Navajo terms belonging to the root Julien Daux (act with stick)