-TEEL
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *te̓l (“to be wide, broad”).
Root
-TEEL
1. to be wide, broad
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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Ø | adjectival | S is wide
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ní + ł | adjectival | S is wide comparatively
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ni + l | adjectival | S has matted and tangled fringes
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2. to range, to roam (as a herd, a tribe)
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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dzi + l | motion | S roams
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM | -teeł | -teel | -tił | -tił | -teeł |
NEUT | -teel | - | - | - | - |
ABS | -teel | -teel | - | - | - |
COMP | -téél | - | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
crowd, herd moves:
- -DÉÉL
- -NÁ
- -NIIʼ
- -YIZ (stampede)
- -YOL
- -ZĄ́