-TʼAʼ

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tʼɑɢ (“to fly”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna nitʼak (“it arrived flying”), Gwich'in naałtʼak (“I flew a plane”).

Root

-TʼAʼ

1. to fly

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
d	motion	S flies yitʼááh (∅-MOM) iitʼááh ditʼááh diitʼááh haatʼááh kʼétʼááh nʼdiitʼááh (“break loose”) ńdiitʼááh (“take off”) yisdátʼááh tádítʼááh (DIV) yítʼááh (ni-MOM) chʼétʼááh niitʼááh naatʼaʼ (CONT) yitʼah (PROG)	S flies O yiłtʼááh (∅-MOM) iiłtʼááh yidiłtʼááh yidiiłtʼááh — — — — yisdátʼááh tádítʼááh (DIV) yíłtʼááh (ni-MOM) chʼííłtʼááh niiłtʼááh ? neiłtʼaʼ (CONT) yoołtʼah (PROG)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-tʼááh	-tʼaʼ	-tʼah	-tʼah	-tʼááh
CONT	-tʼaʼ	-tʼaʼ	-tʼah	-tʼah	-tʼaʼ

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TʼAʼ (fly)