-GIZ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢətsʼ (“twist, wring”). Compare Carrier nasguz (“wash wet linen”) and Tanacross nachʼegétth (“wash (especially clothes)”).
In Navajo the momentaneous imperfective stem is attested in the doublet: -géés / -gíís. This root is related with -GEEZ (“to be twisted, crooked”).
Root
-GIZ
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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| Ø | operative |
S twists, turns O
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| di + Ø | adjectival |
S is crooked, twisted
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- 2. wash
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ø | operative |
S washes a permeable O
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| tá + Ø | operative |
S washes an impermeable O |
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Stem set
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation. SynonymsDerived termsNavajo terms belonging to the root -GIZ (wash) |
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