-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́D
Appearance
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *kʸʼə̓tʼ (“to stretch”). Maybe cognate with -TSʼID (“tough, sinewy”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna nicʼetʼ (“it is stretched out”).
Root
[edit]-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́D
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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∅ | motion |
S stretches, S stretches his neck
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S stretches O, pulls O taut
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Stem set
[edit]Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM / CONT | -tsʼǫǫd | -tsʼǫ́ǫ́d | -tsʼǫł | -tsʼǫʼ | -tsʼǫǫd |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.