-TʼAʼ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tʼɑɢ (“to fly”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna tʼak (“a singular noun flies”), Gwich'in naałtʼak (“I flew a plane”).
Root
-TʼAʼ
- to fly
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d | motion |
S flies |
S flies O |
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -tʼááh | -tʼaʼ | -tʼah | -tʼah | -tʼááh |
| Continuative | -tʼaʼ | -tʼaʼ | -tʼah | -tʼah | -tʼaʼ |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 522