-TʼAʼ

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tʼɑɢ (“to fly”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna nitʼak (“it arrived flying”), Gwich'in naałtʼak (“I flew a plane”).

Root

-TʼAʼ

  1. to fly
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
d motion

S flies

  • yitʼááh (Ø-MOM)
  • iitʼááh
  • ditʼááh
  • diitʼááh
  • haatʼááh
  • kʼétʼááh
  • nʼdiitʼááh (“break loose”)
  • ńdiitʼááh (“take off”)
  • yisdátʼááh
  • tádítʼááh (DIV)
  • yítʼááh (ni-MOM)
  • chʼétʼááh
  • niitʼááh
  • naatʼaʼ (CONT)
  • yitʼah (PROG)

S flies O

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -tʼááh -tʼaʼ -tʼah -tʼah -tʼááh
CONT -tʼaʼ -tʼaʼ -tʼah -tʼah -tʼaʼ

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TʼAʼ (fly)

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