-TʼAʼ

Navajo

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

to fly

Theme

Category

Bases

Transitive bases (O + ł)

d

motion

S flies

yitʼááh (∅-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

yiłtʼááh (∅-MOM)
iiłtʼááh
yidiłtʼááh
yidiiłtʼááh
—
—
—
—
yisdátʼááh
tádítʼááh (DIV)
yíłtʼááh (ni-MOM)
chʼííłtʼááh
niiłtʼááh ?
neiłtʼaʼ (CONT)
yoołtʼah (PROG)

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)

chʼííłtʼááh