-DLOʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dlo"

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dlʊqʼ (“to laugh”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna dloʼ, dlok (“laughter”), Carrier dlo, Chipewyan dloɣ. See also Navajo dloh (“laughter”).

Root

-DLOʼ

1. to laugh, to smile

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅	motion?	S laughs iidlóóh (+d refl.) niidlóóh yidloh (PROG)
di + l	motion?	S smiles, chuckles chʼídeedlóóh	S makes O smile chʼíídeełdlóóh (chʼíbidi-)

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous	-dlóóh	-dloʼ	-dloh	-dloh	-dlóóh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Antonyms

to cry:

• -CHA

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DLOʼ (laugh)

chʼídeedlóóh

dloh

iidlóóh

yidloh