-TŁʼÁ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tla"

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tłʼa ~ *tłʼe (“herd moves”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna teltłʼaa (“a herd started moving”), Chipewyan ɛltłʼɛł (“it (a caribou) is trotting”).

Root

-TŁʼÁ

1. to trot, to jog (a biped)

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
l	motion	S trots yiltłʼééh (∅-MOM) iiltłʼééh diltłʼééh diiltłʼééh haaltłʼééh tádiltłʼééh yisdáltłʼééh yíltłʼééh (ni-MOM) chʼéltłʼééh niiltłʼééh naaltłʼé (CONT) yiltłʼééł (PROG)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-tłʼééh	-tłʼá	-tłʼééł	-tłʼééh	-tłʼééł
CONT	-tłʼé	-tłʼá	-tłʼeeł	-tłʼeeh	-tłʼé

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to trot:

• -DLOOZH (quadruped)

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁʼÁ (trot)