-DLOOZH

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dlu̓ž (“quadruped trots”). Occurs only in Southern Athabaskan languages.

Root

-DLOOZH

1. to go on all four, to creep, to trot (a horse)

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
l	motion	S goes on all four yildlóósh (∅-MOM) iildlóósh dildlóósh diildlóósh haaldlóósh kʼéldlóósh tádildlóósh yisdáldlóósh yíldlóósh (ni-MOM) chʼéldlóósh niildlóósh naaldloosh (CONT) yildlosh (PROG)
l	positional	S is on all four yishdloozh (NEUT)
l		S gets on hands and knees yiildlóósh (TRANS)	S sets O on all four yiiłdlóósh

Usage notes

Each entry can appear in the unspecified subject person with preposed P-ił (“with P”), expressing the motion of P riding (a horse), ex:

Shił aldlóósh (from yildlóósh). ― I ride (a horse).

Shił chʼéʼéldlóósh (from chʼéldlóósh). ― I ride out horizontally (on a horse).

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-dlóósh	-dloozh	-dlosh	-dlosh	-dlóósh
CONT	-dloosh	-dloozh	-dlosh	-dlosh	-dlóósh
NEUT	—	-dloozh	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to trot:

• -TŁʼÁ (biped)

to creep:

• -NAʼ

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DLOOZH (go on all four)