-TEEL

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *te̓l (“to be wide, broad”).

Root

-TEEL

 1. to be wide, broad

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø	adjectival	S is wide niteel (ABS) ↳ hóteel honíteel hazteel
ní + ł	adjectival	S is wide comparatively níłtéél (COMP) áníłtéél ↳ áhoníłtéél kóníłtéél kóʼáníłtéél yeeníłtéél ↳ aheeníłtéél
ni + l	adjectival	S has matted and tangled fringes aneelteel (NEUT)

 2. to range, to roam (as a herd, a tribe)

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
dzi + l	motion	S roams ahéédzíłteeł (ni-MOM) bídzíłteeł nikizníłteeł dzoołtił (PROG)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-teeł	-teel	-tił	-tił	-teeł
NEUT	-teel	-	-	-	-
ABS	-teel	-teel	-	-	-
COMP	-téél	-	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

crowd, herd moves:

• -DÉÉL
• -NÁ
• -NIIʼ
• -YIZ (stampede)
• -YOL
• -ZĄ́