-TAAZ
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See also: taaz
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *tatsʼ (“to twist, to roll”).
Root
[edit]-TAAZ
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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∅ | transitional |
S becomes bent |
S bends O |
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d | ? |
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l | adjectival |
S is twisted
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∅ | motion |
Theme | Category | Bases | Anti-causative (+d) | ||||
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di + ł | successive |
S spins O, twirls O
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S spins
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Stem set
[edit]Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM | -táás | -taaz | -tas | -tas | -táás |
REV | -tas | -taaz | -tas | -tas | -tas |
REV | -taz | -taz | -tas | -tas | -taz |
REP | -taz | - | - | - | - |
SEM | -tas | -tas | -tas | -tas | -tas |
NEUT | - | -tas | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
[edit]to spin:
to turn, to twist:
to be curved, bent:
to squirm, to wriggle: