-DǪǪD
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *dəmʼ (“to become taut”). Maybe cognate with -DON (“to explode”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna nidonʼ (“it is taut”), nełdonʼ (“he jerks it”).
Root
-DǪǪD
- to become taut, to straighten
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ø | adjectival | S is taut
| S keeps O taut
| ||||
| Ø | S becomes taut
| S makes O taut
| |||||
| Ø | successive | S jerks
| S jerks O
|
Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -dǫǫh | -dǫǫd | -dǫǫł | -dǫǫh | -dǫǫh |
| REP | -dǫʼ | - | - | - | - |
| SEM | -dǫǫh | -dǫǫh | -dǫǫł | -dǫǫh | -dǫǫh |
| REP | - | -don | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to stretch, to straighten:
- -KʼĄ́Ą́Z
- -TʼIʼ
- -TSʼǪ́Ǫ́D
to jerk:
- -DĄZH
- -GHAN
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -DǪǪD (straighten up)