-DO
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *dʊɣ̇ (“gas moves”).
Describes the movement of gas (air, cloud, smoke) in motion themes and the bursting of gas containers (as a sack of air, a tyre) in successive themes.
Cognate root found in Ahtna kekuldogh (“area becomes foggy”), ldogh (“it cracked”).
Root
-DO
- to float in the air (smoke, cloud, balloon)
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| l | motion |
S floats |
S sails O (a balloon) |
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| l | successive |
S bursts
|
S bursts O
|
Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -dóóh | -do | -doh | -doh | -dóóh |
| CONT | -do | -do | -doh | -doh | -do |
| CONT | -doh | -doh | -doh | -doh | -doh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -DO (gas floats)
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