Talk:hazhóóʼógo

Variant?
This looks like just a variant of. Is this just a spelling variant, or does it represent a dialectical difference? -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 05:50, 20 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Not a different dialect or just a difference in spelling. I think it has a slightly different meaning from . The base word for both forms is . —Stephen (Talk) 20:54, 20 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Given that both and  list slowly as a meaning, is this a bit like saying sloooowly in English -- i.e. emphasizing the slowness by drawing out the vowel?  If not, any idea what the derivation is, and where that extra "ó" is coming from?  -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 22:46, 20 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, it is kind of like that. The extra -ó is not another suffix, it’s just reduplication, drawing the pronunciation out for emphasis. But sloooowly lacks something that has, and sloooowly would not be listed in a dictionary, while  is standard enough that it deserves a listing. —Stephen (Talk) 07:47, 22 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Cool, thank you, that makes sense.
 * Any ideas on the etyl for the base term ? It looks like  +  as some other mode form of  +  as I know not what; or maybe it's  + ?  -- Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 21:31, 22 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I think that’s where the Analytical Lexicon of Navajo would come in handy. I assume it would be explained in that. I don’t think that is the verb stem, I think  is the stem.  with another stem gives a different meaning: yilzhólí (it is soft and fluffy, downy); hoolzhólí (the place is soft, padded). —Stephen (Talk) 00:32, 23 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Excellent suggestion, thank you. I'll see about tracking a copy down that doesn't break the bank.  :)
 * Interesting about ; I would have assumed that those two examples were + ?  -- Cheers, Eiríkr Útlendi │ Tala við mig 01:06, 23 March 2012 (UTC)