-ZǪ́Ǫ́Z

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Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *huˑs (“to stretch”), from Pre-Proto-Athabaskan *həwəs. Cognate with -LÓÓZ (“to lead”) and -DZĮ́Į́Z (“to drag”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna niniyuus (“stretch it out!”), Koyukon kʼətalhuł (“to spread something out”), Chipewyan tɛsθuθ (“I am dragging it”), naasdðuθ (“I usually turn it inside out”), Mattole -yoos (“to skin it”).

Root

-ZǪ́Ǫ́Z

  1. to pull or tear gently

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
O + ∅ motion

S pulls O, tears O

  2. to be striped

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
ni + d adjectival

S is striped

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -zǫ́ǫ́s -zǫ́ǫ́z -zǫ́ǫ́s -zǫ́ǫ́s -zǫ́ǫ́s
CONT -zǫ́ǫ́z -zǫ́ǫ́z -zǫ́ǫ́s -zǫ́ǫ́s -zǫ́ǫ́z
NEUT - -zǫ́ǫ́z - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to pull, to drag:

to tear:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ZǪ́Ǫ́Z (pull gently)

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