-TʼOD

== Navajo == === Etymology 1 === Exact identification of the root is difficult. Possibly cognate with -TʼÓÓD (“to suck”) from Proto-Athabaskan *tʼʊ̓tʼ (“to suck, or muddy matter moves”) describing the subject's mud-like texture. Compare Ahtna kultʼotʼ (“ground is soft”), Koyukon xɑltʼut (“area is muddy”), Tsuut'ina -t’ùd-ā (“to be boiled soft”), Tsuut'ina -t’ùh-ā (“to be silky, velvety”). Alternatively, cognate with -TʼÓÓD (“to tear”) from Proto-Athabaskan *tʼučʼ (“to peel, to strip”), describing the subject's tearing apart from being too soft or overboiled. ==== Root ==== -TʼOD to be soft, tender, flexible, over-boiled ==== Stem set ==== See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Perhaps from Proto-Athabaskan *tʼʊɢ (“to shoot an arrow”), with an irregular coda evolution (*-g> -ʼ or -h would be expected). The original velar resurfaces in béésh astʼogii (“flint arrowhead”). See -TʼOH for the regularly derived root. Alternatively, from Proto-Athabaskan *tʼut’ (“to suck”). Compare Koyukon utʼʊtʼ (“it sticks by suction, (fabric) sticks to the needle”). See -TʼÓÓD for the regularly derived root. ==== Root ==== -TʼOD arrow is stuck (into flesh) ===== Derived terms ===== === References === Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 555