-TŁʼIS
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tł’əts’ (“to be hard, solid”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna itlʼiis (“it hardens, coagulates”).
Root
-TŁʼIS
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | ? |
S hardens
|
S hardens O
|
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| ∅ | adjectival |
S is hard, stiff
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -tłʼis | -tłʼis | -tłʼis | -tłʼis | -tłʼis |
| Neuter | -tłʼiz | — | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.