-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́D
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *kʸʼə̓tʼ (“to stretch”). Maybe cognate with -TSʼID (“tough, sinewy”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna nicʼetʼ (“it is stretched out”).
Root
-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́D
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | motion |
S stretches, S stretches his neck
|
S stretches O, pulls O taut
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous/Continuative/Distributive | -tsʼǫǫd | -tsʼǫ́ǫ́d | -tsʼǫł | -tsʼǫʼ | -tsʼǫǫd |
| Neuter | -tsʼǫǫd | — | — | — | — |
| Neuter | -tsʼǫʼ | — | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼǪ́Ǫ́D (stretch)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 643