-TEEL

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *te̓l (“to be wide, broad”).

Root

-TEEL

 1. to be wide, broad

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅ adjectival

S is wide

↳ hóteel
  • honíteel
  • hazteel
ní + ł adjectival

S is wide comparatively

  • níłtéél (COMP)
  • áníłtéél
↳ áhoníłtéél
  • kóníłtéél
  • kóʼáníłtéél
  • yeeníłtéél
↳ aheeníłtéél
ni + l adjectival

S has matted and tangled fringes

  • aneelteel (NEUT)

 2. to range, to roam (as a herd, a tribe)

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
dzi + l motion

S roams

  • ahéédzíłteeł (ni-MOM)
  • bídzíłteeł
  • nikizníłteeł
  • dzoołtił (PROG)

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -teeł -teel -tił -tił -teeł
NEUT -teel — — — —
ABS -teel -teel — — —
COMP -téél — — — —

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

crowd, herd moves:

   

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