-TʼAʼ
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tʼɑɢ (“to fly”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna nitʼak (“it arrived flying”), Gwich'in naałtʼak (“I flew a plane”).
Root
-TʼAʼ
- to fly
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
d | motion | S flies
| S flies O
|
Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOM | -tʼááh | -tʼaʼ | -tʼah | -tʼah | -tʼááh |
CONT | -tʼaʼ | -tʼaʼ | -tʼah | -tʼah | -tʼaʼ |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TʼAʼ (fly)