User:Julien Daux/-ʼĮĮD

Etymology
The future and optative modes use expletive stems from the root.

Verb bases with thematized d-classifier are often re-analyzed as Ø-classifier stems (*d-ʼįįh = *Ø-tʼįįh), as evidenced by the perfective forms using Ø/ł-class subject prefixes rather than the d/l-class ones.

Root
This root shows a wide range of semantic themes as it relates to such broad categories as "making" and "acting". The actual meaning often relies on thematic prefix compounds.
 * 1) act
 * 2) (ʼá-Ø/ł/d/l) to do it; to do thus; (mediopassive) to make one's own; (causative-reflexive) to turn into, to become.
 * 3) (-d-) to be the cause of an event; to be getting along, to be doing (good or bad).
 * 4) (ni-ł) to take possession of, to make something one's own.
 * 5) (ho-d) to happen, to take place.
 * 6) Misc. thematic
 * 7) () to injure; to deprive oneself, to self-sacrifice.
 * 8) () to be useful; to use.
 * 9) () to live.
 * 10) () to discuss, to bother, to harass.
 * 11) ()  to imitate.
 * 12) () to pretend, to fake, to play like.
 * 13) to pay attention.
 * 14) () to quit, to surrender.
 * 15) wealthy (root ?)
 * 16) ( thematized) to be wealthy.
 * 17) dislike
 * 18) () to dislike, to oppose, to be picky.
 * 19) () to be denied to (as a right to someone); to be lost (as eyesight or a relative to someone).

Derived terms
Category:Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼĮĮD (make)