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-DǪǪD

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See also: dood, Dood, and -dǫǫd
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Etymology

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From Proto-Athabaskan *dəmʼ (to become taut). Maybe cognate with -DON (to explode).

Cognate root found in Ahtna nidonʼ (it is taut), nełdonʼ (he jerks it).

Root

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-DǪǪD

  1. to become taut, to straighten
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
adjectival

S is taut

S keeps O taut

S becomes taut

↳ ?
kʼééhádǫǫh

S makes O taut

kʼínéíłdǫǫh
kʼínáháłdǫǫh
successive

S jerks

S jerks O

Stem set

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Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -dǫǫh -dǫǫd -dǫǫł -dǫǫh -dǫǫh
REP -dǫʼ - - - -
SEM -dǫǫh -dǫǫh -dǫǫł -dǫǫh -dǫǫh
REP - -don - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

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to stretch, to straighten:

to jerk:

Derived terms

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Navajo terms belonging to the root -DǪǪD (straighten up)