-KĘ́Ę́Z
Navajo
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
- SSO moves, falls (as a stick, a pencil)
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ø | motion | SSO falls
| |||||
| Ø | successive | SSO bounces
|
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:
- -TĄ́ (handle SSO)
- -TʼEʼ (propel SSO)
- -ʼÁ (SSO extends)
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -KĘ́Ę́Z (SSO moves)