-KĘ́Ę́Z

== Navajo == === Etymology === From Proto-Athabaskan *q(w)eːtsʼ (“stick-like or heavy object falls”). Cognate root found in Ahtna kaetsʼ (“an enclosed object moves, falls”), Chipewyan -kéth (“long object drops”). The nasal vowel, found only in Navajo, is unexplained. See also -KÉÉZ where some confusion has arisen. === Root === -KĘ́Ę́Z SSO moves, falls (as a stick, a pencil) ==== Stem set ==== See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 322