-GEED

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢed (“to stick, to poke”), also found in a number of disparate meanings, including “to crawl, to go on all four” (giving the Navajo meaning “to buck”).

Related to Navajo god (“knee”).

Root

-GEED

  1. to dig, to shovel; to stick, to jab

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
O + ∅	operative	S digs O iigééd (∅-MOM) yidigééd haigééd neigééd neigeed (CONT) yoogoł (PROG) náhágod (DUR)
O + ł	motion	S sticks O yiłgééd (∅-MOM) iiłgééd haiłgééd yą́ą́ʼdíłgééd
di + ∅/ł	?	S jabs with fire yidiłgééd (MOM) yidigod (DUR)

  2. to buck, to move bucking (a horse)

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
l	motion	S bucks — (∅-MOM) iilgééd dilgééd diilgééd haalgééd yílgééd (ni-MOM) chʼélgééd niilgééd naalgeed (CONT) yilgoł (PROG)

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous	-gééd	-geed	-goł	-goʼ	-gééd
Continuative	-geed	-geed	-goł	-goʼ	-geed
Repetitive	-god	-geed	-goł	-goʼ	-gééd

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to poke, to jab:

• -KAI
• -TSI
• -ZHIIZH

 

 

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -GEED (stick)

déélgééd

haigééd

haiłgééd

yą́ą́ʼdíłgééd

Navajo terms belonging to the root -GEED (buck)

chʼélgééd

dilgééd

haalgééd

iilgééd

naalgeed

niilgééd

yílgééd

yilgoł

References

• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 201