-TŁʼIS
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tł’əts’ (“to be hard, solid”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna ʼitlʼiitsʼ (“it hardens, coagulates”).
Root
-TŁʼIS
- to harden, to compact
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ø | ? | S hardens
| S hardens O
| ||||
Ø | adjectival | S is hard, stiff
|
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -tłʼis | -tłʼis | -tłʼis | -tłʼis | -tłʼis |
NEUT | -tłʼiz | - | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
hard, firm:
- -KʼĮ́H
- -TSʼIN
to stiffen, harden:
- -DZIL
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁʼIS (hard)