-KĘ́Ę́Z

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *qʷetsʼ (“stick-like or heavy object falls”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna naghilkaetsʼ (“(knife, box) fell down”), Chipewyan -kɛ́θ (“long object drops”).

The nasal vowel, found only in Navajo, is unexplained. See also -KÉÉZ where some confusion has arisen.

Root

-KĘ́Ę́Z

  1. SSO moves, falls (as a stick, a pencil)
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø motion

SSO falls

  • yikęęs (Ø-MOM)
  • iikęęs
  • dikęęs
  • diikęęs
  • haakęęs
  • naakęęs
  • nʼdiikęęs (“breaks loose”)
  • yíkęęs (ni-MOM)
  • chʼékęęs
  • niikęęs
  • yikǫs (PROG)
  • náhookǫs
Ø successive

SSO bounces

  • nikídíkǫs (REP)
  • nikídiikǫs (SEM)

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -kęęs -kę́ę́z -kǫs -kǫs -kęęs
REP -kǫs - - - -
SEM -kǫs -kǫs -kǫs -kǫs -kǫs

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

SSO verbs:

 
 
 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KĘ́Ę́Z (SSO moves)

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