-TʼÉÉZH
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tʼetšʼ (“to blacken with charcoal”). Compare also Navajo tʼeesh (“charcoal”).
Root
-TʼÉÉZH
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ∅) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | operative | S blackens O
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| ni | operative | S blackens O cerimonially
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM / TRANS | -tʼeesh | -tʼéézh | -tʼish | -tʼish | -tʼeesh |
| Conclusive | -tʼeesh | -tʼéézh | -tʼish | -tʼish | -tʼeesh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 545