-TŁʼIIZH
Navajo
Etymology 1
From Proto-Athabaskan *tł’i̓dž (“to be blue, green”).
Root
-TŁʼIIZH
- blue, green
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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łi / l | adjectival | S is blue, green (neuter perf.)
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di + d | extensional | S is blue, green (neuter perf.)
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di + Ø | transitional | S becomes blue
| S makes O blue
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di + Ø | transitional | S gets soaked
| S makes O soaked
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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TRANS | -tłʼíísh | -tłʼiizh | -tłʼish | -tłʼish | -tłʼíísh |
NEUT | - | -tłʼizh | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
action of water:
- -ʼÉÉL (flush)
- -GIZH (wash)
- -TŁÉÉʼ (dampen)
- -TSEED / -TSIZ (sink)
- -ZHO (dampen)
Antonyms
colors:
- -BAʼ (gray)
- -CHIIʼ (red)
- -GAII (white)
- -TSOII (yellow)
- -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ (black)
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁʼIIZH (blue)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Athabaskan *tł’əɣəš (“eel, snake”). See also the related noun tłʼiish (“snake”).
Root
-TŁʼIIZH
- wriggle
Theme | Category | Bases | Pseudo-transitive (a + ł) | ||||
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ni + l | motion | S wriggles
| S wriggles (it)
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ni + l | adjectival | S is curvy, serpentine
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM | -tłʼiish | -tłʼizh | -tłʼish | -tłʼish | -tłʼiish |
CONT | -tłʼiish | -tłʼizh | -tłʼish | -tłʼish | -tłʼiish |
NEUT | - | -tłʼiizh | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to wiggle, to squirm:
- -GHAL
- -TAAZ
- -YIZ
to stagger:
- -DZAʼ
- -TʼIʼ
to be curved, bent:
- -BĄ́Ą́Z
- -TAAZ
- -YIIZH
- -ZHAʼ
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁʼIIZH (wriggle)