-TĄ́

Etymology
From, probably one of the most polysemous root across all Athabascan languages.

Cognate root found in 🇨🇬, , ,, , , , , , , among many other meanings in the sole Ahtna language.

Occurs in Navajo as momentaneous perfective -TĄ́ or, in themes related to the handling of stick-like objects (SSO), to raining, to teaching, to the gallopping of a horse, and also acts as the suppletive neuter stem of (plural S sit).

Root
1. to handle a slender stiff object


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2. to rain

3. to teach; to understand, to guess
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4. plural S sit


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5. to gallop


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Stem set
The stem set of this root shows a great deal of variation and irregular alternations across the various meanings and aspects.

Synonyms
SSO verbs: to teach: to understand: to sit: to rain: