-TAAZ

See also: taaz

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tatsʼ (“to twist, to roll”).

Root

-TAAZ

  1. to bend, to twist

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅	transitional	S becomes bent yiitáás (TRANS) yiitas (SEM)	S bends O yiyiiłtáás yiyiiłtas
d	?	S curls, wraps around nátas (REV) ↳ yinátas bikʼídiitas (SEM) ↳ ałkʼídiitas
l	adjectival	S is twisted nástas (NEUT) ałkʼéstas dahozdeeltas
∅	motion	S wiggles, squirms ńdiitáás (MOM) naataz (CONT)

  2. to spin, to twirl

Theme	Category	Bases	Anti-causative (+d)
di + ł	successive	S spins O, twirls O agháʼdeełtáás (MOM) neidiłtaz (CONT) néidoołtaz (PROG) yidiłtaz (REP) yidiiłtaz (SEM)	S spins — — ńdooltaz (PROG)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-táás	-taaz	-tas	-tas	-táás
REV	-tas	-taaz	-tas	-tas	-tas
REV	-taz	-taz	-tas	-tas	-taz
REP	-taz	-	-	-	-
SEM	-tas	-tas	-tas	-tas	-tas
NEUT	-	-tas	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to spin:

• -DIZ

to turn, to twist:

• -BAAL
• -DIZ
• -GIZ
• -MÁÁZ
• -YIZ

to be curved, bent:

• -BĄ́Ą́Z
• -TŁʼIIZH
• -YIIZH
• -ZHAʼ

to squirm, to wriggle:

• -GHAL
• -TŁʼIIZH
• -YIZ

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TAAZ (bend)