See also: taal, Taal, -taał, and -táál
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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Athabaskan *tatłʼ (to act abruptly with the foot), in bases related to stepping, stomping, kicking. Also occurs in a meaning related to bursting and exploding.

Cognate root found in Ahtna yiztał (he shoved it once with his foot), yuninitaatlʼ (he kicked at it), iʼdiiłtatlʼ (I burst something), Carrier əstał (to kick), dîstəł (to explode).

Root

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-TÁÁL

  1. to move the foot

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases
motion

S steps

l

S steps about, is angry,
nervous, S pulsates

di + ∅ motion

S sticks his foot, steps to

(dzi) + ∅ successive

S kicks

Motion:

Successive (without dzi-):

S kicks P

 

 

l motion

S dashes

See also other roots of attacking like -DON (to shoot), -GHAAL (to bat), -TʼOH (to shoot), -TŁʼIN (to sling), -TSXIZ (to whip) etc, for a similar alternation between dzi- (away into space), yíní- (repetitive), yíníi- (semelfactive) and adi- (to be given to —, to be a —er, iterative) in successive themes.

  2. to pop, spurt, fly off

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
l successive

S pops

S pops O

The first two bases are seriative forms of the “dash” theme above.

Stem set

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Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -taał -táál -tał -tał -taał
CONT -taał / tal -táál -tał -tał -taał
REP -tał -tał -tał -tał -tał
SER -tał -táál -tał -tał -tał
SEM -tał -tał -tał -tał -tał

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms
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to act with body:

to pulsate:

to go swiftly, to dash:

to pop:

Derived terms
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Navajo terms belonging to the root -TÁÁL (move foot)

Etymology 2

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Probably identical to the above root. Occurs in Southern Athabaskan in bases related to singing or holding a ceremony.

Compare Ahtna deltatl’ (make a speech), Lower Tanana deltutł (he is talking loudly), Carrier dəztəl (to shout), themselves extension of the bursting / explosion meaning above.

Root

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-TÁÁL

  1. to sing, to hold a ceremony
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
ho + ∅ operative

S sings

Stem set

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Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM / DUR -taał -táál -tał -tał -taał
Synonyms
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to sing:

Derived terms
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Navajo terms belonging to the root -TÁÁL (sing)