-TŁʼÍÍD

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tł’it’ (“liquid or granular matter moves or splashes; to fart”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna naghitlʼiitʼ (“(water, sand) fell down”), ztlʼiitʼ (“it farted”).

Also occur in Navajo with the meaning “to limber up, to rest up”, of uncertain derivation.

Root

-TŁʼÍÍD

  1. to throw, to toss plural objects

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
hi + ł motion

S throws O

  • yiyiitłʼiid (MOM)
  • ayiitłʼiid
  • chʼíyiitłʼiid
  • yááyiyiitłʼiid

  2. to spurt, to fart

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅ conversive

S farts
di + ł ?

S snouts

  • íʼdíłtlʼiid

  3. to recuperate, to rest up, to limber up

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅ conversive

S rests up

  • ninátlʼiid (MOM)

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM / CONCL -tłʼiid -tłʼííd -tłʼił -tłʼiʼ -tłʼiid
NEUT -tłʼiz - - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

PlO1 verbs:

  • -NIL (handle PlO1)
  • -JAAʼ (handle PlO2)
  • -DEEʼ (PlO1 moves)

to fart:

  • -CHÁÁZH
  • -ZEEʼ
 

to spurt, to spew:

to rest:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁʼÍÍD (fart)

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