-DON

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "don"

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dəmʼ (“to become taut, full to burst”). Cognate with -DǪǪD (“to straighten up”).

Root

-DON

  1. to blast, to explode, to shoot, to fire a gun
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
l successive

S blasts O

di + l successive

S explodes

S blasts O

di + l adjectival

S pops, is explosive

(dzi) + ł successive

S shoots, fires a gun

Motion:

Successive:

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM / REP / CONT -don -don -dǫǫł -dǫǫh -don
MOM -dǫǫh -don -dǫǫł -dǫǫh -dǫǫh
SEM -dǫǫh -dǫǫh -dǫǫł -dǫǫh -dǫǫh
NEUT -don - - - -
NEUT -dǫʼ - - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to pop:

to shoot:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DON (explode)

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