Talk:hazhóóʼógo

Variant?

This looks like just a variant of hazhóʼógo. Is this just a spelling variant, or does it represent a dialectical difference? -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 05:50, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Not a different dialect or just a difference in spelling. I think it has a slightly different meaning from hazhóʼógo. The base word for both forms is hazhóʼó. —Stephen ^(Talk) 20:54, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Given that both hazhóʼógo and hazhóóʼógo list slowly as a meaning, is this a bit like saying sloooowly in English -- i.e. emphasizing the slowness by drawing out the vowel? If not, any idea what the derivation is, and where that extra "ó" is coming from? -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 22:46, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it is kind of like that. The extra -ó is not another suffix, it’s just reduplication, drawing the pronunciation out for emphasis. But sloooowly lacks something that hazhóóʼógo has, and sloooowly would not be listed in a dictionary, while hazhóóʼógo is standard enough that it deserves a listing. —Stephen ^(Talk) 07:47, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Cool, thank you, that makes sense.

Any ideas on the etyl for the base term hazhóʼó? It looks like ha- (“abstract subject marker”) + -zhóʼ as some other mode form of -zhǫ́ (“imperfective verb stem”) + -ó as I know not what; or maybe it's -zhó + -ʼó? -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 21:31, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

I think that’s where the Analytical Lexicon of Navajo would come in handy. I assume it would be explained in that. I don’t think that -zhó is the verb stem, I think -ʼó is the stem. -zhó with another stem gives a different meaning: yilzhólí (it is soft and fluffy, downy); hoolzhólí (the place is soft, padded). —Stephen ^(Talk) 00:32, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Excellent suggestion, thank you. I'll see about tracking a copy down that doesn't break the bank.  :)

Interesting about -zhó; I would have assumed that those two examples were -zhól + -í? -- Cheers, Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 01:06, 23 March 2012 (UTC)