-GOʼ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "go"

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)
∅ motion

AnO falls, stream rushes

S pushes AnO, causes AnO to fall

ʼa + ∅ motion

gassy matter billows

∅

S is kneeling

  2. to tackle, to butt, to collide; (tr.) to bang O, to hit O

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
(dzi) + ∅ successive

S tackles

Motion:

Successive:

S bangs O

 

 

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:

water flows:

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

to hit:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -GOʼ (fall)

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