-TŁʼIIZH
Navajo
Etymology 1
From Proto-Athabaskan *tł’i̓dž (“to be blue, green”).
Root
-TŁʼIIZH
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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łi / l | adjectival |
S is blue, green (neuter perf.) |
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di + d | extensional |
S is blue, green (neuter perf.)
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di + ∅ | transitional |
S becomes blue
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S makes O blue
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di + ∅ | transitional |
S gets soaked
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S makes O soaked
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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TRANS | -tłʼíísh | -tłʼiizh | -tłʼish | -tłʼish | -tłʼíísh |
NEUT | - | -tłʼizh | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁʼIIZH (blue)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Athabaskan *tł’əɣəš (“eel, snake”). See also the related noun tłʼiish (“snake”).
Root
-TŁʼIIZH
Theme | Category | Bases | Pseudo-transitive (a + ł) | ||||
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ni + l | motion |
S wriggles
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S wriggles (it)
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ni + l | adjectival |
S is curvy, serpentine
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM | -tłʼiish | -tłʼizh | -tłʼish | -tłʼish | -tłʼiish |
CONT | -tłʼiish | -tłʼizh | -tłʼish | -tłʼish | -tłʼiish |
NEUT | - | -tłʼiizh | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁʼIIZH (wriggle)
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