-TʼEʼ

See also: -tʼeʼ

Navajo

From Proto-Athabaskan *tʼe (“to be thus”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna ntʼae (“it is”), neltʼeʼ (“there are many”), Chipewyan bénɛłtʼɛ (“you're like him”).

-TʼEʼ

1. to be

Theme

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-tʼeeh	-tʼeʼ	-tʼeeł	-tʼeeh	-tʼeeh
NEUT	-tʼé	-	-	-	-
ABS	-tʼé	-	-	-	-
COMP	-tʼeʼ	-	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

to be:

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TʼEʼ (be)

From Proto-Athabaskan *tʼə̓qʼ (“animate or stick-like object moves”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna tiiłtʼak (“I threw it away (a stick)”), Koyukon kʼəltʼəx (“to hit something with a stick”).

Also occurs in Navajo along with hi-seriative in a motion theme related to hopping (literally, to “throw” oneself successively).

-TʼEʼ

Theme

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-tʼeʼ	-tʼeʼ	-tʼeeł	-tʼeeh	-tʼeʼ
CONT	-tʼeʼ	-tʼeʼ	-tʼeeł	-tʼeeh	-tʼeʼ
REP	-tʼeeh	-	-	-	-
SEM	-tʼeeh	-tʼeeh	-tʼeeh	-tʼeeh	-tʼeeh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

AnO verbs:

SSO verbs:

to hop:

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TʼEʼ (propel SSO/AnO)

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