-TŁʼÍÍD

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tɬ’it’ (liquid or granular matter moves or splashes; to fart).

Cognate root found in Ahtna tlʼiitʼ (liquid or multiple objects move independently; fart), Lower Tanana tl'it (to fart).

Also occur in Navajo with the meaning “to limber up, to rest up”, of uncertain derivation.

Root

-TŁʼÍÍD

  1. to throw, to toss plural objects

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
hi + ł motion

S throws O

  • yiyiitłʼiid (MOM)
  • ayiitłʼiid
  • chʼíyiitłʼiid
  • yááyiyiitłʼiid

  2. to spurt, to fart

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
conversive

S farts

di + ł ?

S snouts

  • íʼdíłtlʼiid

  3. to recuperate, to rest up, to limber up

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
conversive

S rests up

  • ninátlʼiid (MOM)

Stem set

Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Iterative Optative
MOM / CON -tłʼiid -tłʼííd -tłʼił -tłʼiʼ -tłʼiid
Neuter -tłʼiz

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

PlO1 verbs:

to fart:

 

to spurt, to spew:

to rest:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁʼÍÍD (fart)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, pages 581-2