-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	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM / CONT	-tsʼǫǫd	-tsʼǫ́ǫ́d	-tsʼǫł	-tsʼǫʼ	-tsʼǫǫd

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)