-ZǪ́Ǫ́Z
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *hus (“to stretch”), from Pre-Proto-Athabaskan *həwəs. Cognate with -LÓÓZ (“to lead”) and -DZĮ́Į́Z (“to drag”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna niniyuus (“stretch it out!”), Koyukon kʼətalhuł (“to spread something out”), Chipewyan tɛsθuθ (“I am dragging it”), naasdðuθ (“I usually turn it inside out”), Mattole -yoos (“to skin it”).
Root
-ZǪ́Ǫ́Z
1. to pull or tear gently
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
O + Ø | motion | S pulls O, tears O
|
2. to be striped
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ni + d | adjectival | S is striped
|
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -zǫ́ǫ́s | -zǫ́ǫ́z | -zǫ́ǫ́s | -zǫ́ǫ́s | -zǫ́ǫ́s |
CONT | -zǫ́ǫ́z | -zǫ́ǫ́z | -zǫ́ǫ́s | -zǫ́ǫ́s | -zǫ́ǫ́z |
NEUT | - | -zǫ́ǫ́z | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to pull, to drag:
- -DZĮ́Į́Z
- -TSʼǪ́Ǫ́D
- -ZHÓÓD
to tear:
- -DLÁÁD (roughly)
- -TʼÓÓD
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZǪ́Ǫ́Z (pull gently)