-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́D

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *kʸʼə̓tʼ (“to stretch”). Maybe cognate with -TSʼID (“tough, sinewy”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna nicʼetʼ (“it is stretched out”).

Root

-TSʼǪ́Ǫ́D

1. to stretch, to become taut

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅	motion	S stretches, S stretches his neck yitsʼǫǫd (∅-MOM) iitsʼǫǫd ditsʼǫǫd haatsʼǫǫd yítsʼǫǫd (ni-MOM) chʼétsʼǫǫd niitsʼǫǫd naatsʼǫǫd (CONT)   yitsʼǫł (PROG)	S stretches O, pulls O taut yiłtsʼǫǫd (∅-MOM) iiłtsʼǫǫd yidiłtsʼǫǫd haiłtsʼǫǫd yíłtsʼǫǫd (ni-MOM) chʼííłtsʼǫǫd niyíłtsʼǫǫd neiłtsʼǫǫd (CONT) ↳ naʼádíltsʼǫǫd yoołtsʼǫł (PROG)

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous/Continuative/Distributive	-tsʼǫǫd	-tsʼǫ́ǫ́d	-tsʼǫł	-tsʼǫʼ	-tsʼǫǫd
Neuter	-tsʼǫǫd	—	—	—	—
Neuter	-tsʼǫʼ	—	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to stretch, to straighten:

• -DǪǪD
• -KʼĄ́Ą́Z
• -TʼIʼ

to pull:

• -DZĮ́Į́Z
• -NIZH
• -ZǪ́Ǫ́Z
• -ZHÓÓD

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼǪ́Ǫ́D (stretch)

chʼétsʼǫǫd

chʼííłtsʼǫǫd

ditsʼǫǫd

haatsʼǫǫd

haiłtsʼǫǫd

iiłtsʼǫǫd

iitsʼǫǫd

naatsʼǫǫd

neiłtsʼǫǫd

yidiłtsʼǫǫd

yitsʼǫł

yoołtsʼǫł

References

• Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 643