-GOʼ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢʊ̓k’ (“to bump into, to rush”).
Root
-GOʼ
1. to fall (animate), to rush (stream), to billow (fog)
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ø | motion |
AnO falls, stream rushes |
S pushes AnO, causes AnO to fall
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| ʼa + Ø | motion |
gassy matter billows
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| Ø |
S is kneeling
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2. to tackle, to butt, to collide; (tr.) to bang O, to hit O
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (dzi) + Ø | successive |
S tackles Motion:
Successive: |
S bangs O
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Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -geeh | -goʼ | -goh | -goh | -geeh |
| CONT | -goʼ | -goʼ | -goh | -goh | -goʼ |
| SEM / SER | -goh | -goh | -goh | -goh | -goh |
| NEUT | - | -goʼ | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.