dogh

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dʊɣ (“gas moves”). Cognate with Navajo -DO, Lower Tanana dwx.

Root

dogh

1. an amorphous substance moves
2. to burst, crack, boom

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Semelfactive	dox	dox	dox	dox
Durative	dogh	dogh	dogh	dogh
Durative-customary	duugh	duugh	duugh	duugh
Momentaneous	duux	dogh	dox	duux
Onomatopoeia	dogh	dogh	dogh	dogh
Neuter	dogh	dogh	dogh	dogh
Reversitative	dox	dogh	dox	dox
Customary	dox	dox	dox	dox

Derived terms

• kekulduux (“an area is foggy”)
• kuldogh (“an area is cracked”)
• ldox (“it cracks”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 156

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dagh, doghe, doghȝe, doȝ, doughe, douȝ, douȝh, douw, dow, dowgh, dowhȝ

Etymology

PIE root
*dʰeyǵʰ-

From Old English dāg, dāh, from Proto-West Germanic *daig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔu̯x/
• IPA^(key): /dɔ̝ːx/ (in dialects without breaking before /x/)

Noun

dogh (uncountable)

1. dough (substance used to make bread etc.)
2. (rare, figurative) matter

Derived terms

• sour dogh

Descendants

• English: dough (dialectal duff)
• Scots: daich, dauch
• Yola: dhoaugh, doaugh, doaug

References

• “dough, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 October 2018.