-TSʼÍLÍ

Etymology

Cognate with Dena'ina chʼul, Koyukon tsʼəł, both meaning “to be bright, clear”.

Apparently related to the root -TSʼĮĮL (“to be clear”).

Root

-TSʼÍLÍ

  1. to be clear, be pure, be crystalline
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
ni + ł adjectival S is clear, crystalline

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
NEUT -tsʼílí — — — —

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to be clear:

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TSʼÍLÍ (clear)
niłtsʼílí
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.