-TŁʼÍÍD

Navajo

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 ditłʼiid (MOM) hahatłʼiid hiditłʼiid niʼiitłʼiid yitłʼił (PROG) atłʼiid (CONCL)
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:

• -CHOZH
• -DÁÁZ
• -GHAAZH
• -TÁÁL
• -ZIʼ

to rest:

• -YĮ́Į́ʼ

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁʼÍÍD (fart)