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