-GOʼ

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

  • yigeeh (Ø-MOM)
  • iigeeh
  • digeeh
  • haageeh
  • naageeh
  • yígeeh (ni-MOM)
  • chʼégeeh
  • niigeeh
  • naagoʼ (CONT)
  • yigoh (PROG)

S pushes AnO, causes AnO to fall

  • yiłgeeh (Ø-MOM)
  • iiłgeeh
  • —
  • —
  • neiłgeeh
  • — (ni-MOM)
  • chʼííłgeeh
  • niyíłgeeh
ʼa + Ø motion

gassy matter billows

  • eʼegeeh (Ø-MOM)
  • haʼageeh
  • chʼéʼégeeh (ni-MOM)
  • oogoh (PROG)
Ø

S is kneeling

  • ntsidííníshgoʼ (NEUT)

  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:

  • adzigeeh
  • ayídzígeeh
  • naʼagoʼ (CONT)

Successive:

  • ahógeeh (yíní-)
  • adigoh (iter.)
  • nánígoh (SER)
  • yiigoh (SEM)
  • —

S bangs O

 

  • —
  • —
  • naʼałgoʼ (CONT)

 

  • —
  • —
  • néiniłgoh (SER)
  • yiyiiłgoh (SEM)
  • nikʼíidiiłgeeh

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.

Synonyms

AnO verbs:

  • -TĮ́ (handle AnO)
  • -TʼEʼ (propel AnO)
  • -TŁIZH (AnO moves)
  • -TĮ́ (AnO lies — 1S)
  • -TÉÉZH (AnO lie — 2S)
  • -JÉÉʼ (AnO lie — 3+S)

water flows:

  • -LĮ́ (river)
  • -NAʼ (sheet)
  • -TSʼĄʼ (trickle)
  • -YĘĘZH (muddy)

cloud floats (smoke, fog, dust, stench):

to hit:

  • -GHAAL (club)
  • -KAAD (slap)
  • -TSEED (hammer)
  • -TSʼIN (fist)
  • -TSXAS (lash)

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -GOʼ (fall)

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