-TŁʼÁ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tla"
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tłʼa ~ *tłʼe (“herd moves”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna tłʼaa (“a herd moves”), Chipewyan ɛltłʼɛł (“it (a caribou) is trotting”).
Root
-TŁʼÁ
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| l | motion |
S trots
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -tłʼééh | -tłʼá | -tłʼééł | -tłʼééh | -tłʼééł |
| Continuative | -tłʼé | -tłʼá | -tłʼeeł | -tłʼeeh | -tłʼé |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to trot:
- -DLOOZH (quadruped)
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁʼÁ (trot)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 573