-TSOOZ

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *kʸu̓z, classificatory root for flat flexible objects, as fabric, skins or paper.

Cognate root found in Koyukon yitłkuł (“he has it (a blanket) there”), Carrier tətšus (“to carry it off (as sheets)”).

Root

-TSOOZ

1. to handle FFO

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
O + ł	motion	S handles FFO yiłtsóós (∅-MOM) iiłtsóós yidiłtsóós yidiiłtsóós haiłtsóós neiłtsóós neidiiłtsóós (ńdii-, “pick up”) neidíníiłtsóós (ńdíníi-, “good start”) naʼiidiiłtsóós (nʼdii-, “detach”) yisdéíłtsóós yiłtsóós [sistsóós] (si-MOM) yíłtsóós (ni-MOM) chʼííłtsóós niyíłtsóós neiłtsoos (CONT) yoołtsos (PROG)
ł	positional	FFO is in position siłtsooz (NEUT) naastsooz déłtsooz níłtsooz	S keeps FFO in position yistsooz (NEUT)
hi + yíní + ł	positional	FFO hangs or dangles hííłtsooz (NEUT) hidéłtsooz chʼíhiníłtsooz hahííłtsooz nahííłtsooz

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-tsóós	-tsóóz	-tsos	-tsos	-tsóós
CONT	-tsoos	-tsóóz	-tsos	-tsos	-tsoos
NEUT	-	-tsooz	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

FFO verbs:

• -ʼAH (propel FFO)
• -NAʼ (FFO moves)
• -BAAL (FFO hangs)
• -KAAD (flatness lies)
• -TIʼ (spread a FFO)

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSOOZ (handle FFO)