-DǪǪD

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *dəmʼ (“to become taut”). Maybe cognate with -DON (“to explode”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna nidonʼ (“it is taut”), nełdonʼ (“he jerks it”).

Root

-DǪǪD

  1. to become taut, to straighten
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø adjectival

S is taut

S keeps O taut

  • yółdon (NEUT)
  • kʼíyółdon
Ø

S becomes taut

↳ ?
↳ kʼééhádǫǫh

S makes O taut

  • kʼííłdǫǫh
↳ kʼínéíłdǫǫh
↳ kʼínáháłdǫǫh
Ø successive

S jerks

  • yidǫʼ (REP)

S jerks O

  • yiłdǫʼ (REP)
  • yiʼniiłdǫʼ
  • yiyiłdǫǫh (SEM)

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -dǫǫh -dǫǫd -dǫǫł -dǫǫh -dǫǫh
REP -dǫʼ - - - -
SEM -dǫǫh -dǫǫh -dǫǫł -dǫǫh -dǫǫh
REP - -don - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to stretch, to straighten:

to jerk:

  • -DĄZH
  • -GHAN

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -DǪǪD (straighten up)

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