-TŁIIZH

Navajo

Etymology

Cognate root found in Koyukon tłɨs (“crushed, distorted”) and Tsuut'ina dlish (“spotted”).

Root

-TŁIIZH

1. dark brown, bruised, stained or spotted with brown

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø	adjectival	S is dark, bruised yítłizh (NEUT) yishtłizh
Ø	transitional	S becomes dark, stained yiitłíísh (TRANS) hootłíízh	S makes O dark, stains O yiyiiłtłíísh
l	successive	S gets bruised yiiltłish (SEM)	S bruises O yiyiiłtłish

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
TRANS	-tłíísh	-tłiizh	-tłish	-tłish	-tłíísh
SEM	-tłish	-tłish	-tłish	-tłish	-tłish
NEUT	-	-tłizh	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

dark:

• -YÉÉL
• -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ

 

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁIIZH (dark brown)