-TSʼIL
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *kʸʼəl (“to rip, tear, split”).
The noun atsʼiil (“fragment”) is derived from this root.
Root
-TSʼIL
- to shatter, break, burst, bloat
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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Ø | successive | S breaks
| S breaks O
| ||||
Ø | adjectival | S is broken
|
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
REP / DUR | -tsʼil | -tsʼil | -tsʼił | -tsʼił | -tsʼil |
SEM | -tsʼił | -tsʼil | -tsʼił | -tsʼił | -tsʼił |
NEUT | - | -tsʼil | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼIL (shatter)