-TŁIZH

Navajo

Etymology

Cognate root not found outside of Southern Athabaskan.

Root

-TŁIZH

1. AnO moves, falls

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
l	motion	AnO moves, falls yitłíísh (∅-MOM) iitłíísh ditłíísh haatłíísh kʼétłíísh naatłíísh nʼdiitłíísh (“break loose”) tádítłíísh yítłíísh (ni-MOM) chʼétłíísh niitłíísh naatłizh (CONT) yitłish (PROG)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-tłíísh	-tłizh	-tłish	-tłish	-tłíísh
CONT	-tłizh	-	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

AnO verbs:

• -TĮ́ (handle AnO)
• -TʼEʼ (propel AnO)
• -GOʼ (AnO moves)
• -TĮ́ (AnO lies — 1S)
• -TÉÉZH (AnO lie — 2S)
• -JÉÉʼ (AnO lie — 3+S)

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁIZH (AnO moves)