-BĄ́Ą́Z

Navajo

Etymology

The root -BĄ́Ą́Z (“hooplike, ringlike shape”) is cognate with the root -MÁÁZ (“globular, spherical, ball-like shape”), both possibly originating from Proto-Athabaskan *wątsʼ (“roll”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna ghalbas (“it is rolling along”), nelbaatsʼ (“it is spherical”).

Root

-BĄ́Ą́Z

1. roll

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅	motion	S rolls yibąąs (∅-MOM) iibąąs dibąąs diibąąs — haabąąs yisdábąąs yíbąąs (ni-MOM) chʼébąąs niibąąs naabąąs (CONT) yibąs (PROG) ...	S rolls O, drives O yiłbąąs (∅-MOM) iiłbąąs yidiłbąąs yidiiłbąąs yidinilbąąs (“stuck”, +d) haiłbąąs yisdéíłbąąs yíłbąąs (ni-MOM) chʼííłbąąs niyíłbąąs neiłbąąs (CONT) yoołbąs (PROG) ...
∅	adjectival	S is circular, curved háábąs názbąs

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM / CONT	-bąąs	-bą́ą́z	-bąs	-bąs	-bąąs
NEUTER	—	-bąs	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to roll:

• -MÁÁZ (ball-like O)

to be curved, bent:

• -TAAZ
• -TŁʼIIZH
• -YIIZH
• -ZHAʼ

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -BĄ́Ą́Z (roll)