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Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tł’əts’ (“to be hard, solid”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna ʼitlʼiitsʼ (“it hardens, coagulates”).
Root
-TŁʼIS
- to harden, to compact
Stem set
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
hard, firm:
to stiffen, harden:
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TŁʼIS (hard)