-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
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Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM / TRANS | -tʼeesh | -tʼéézh | -tʼish | -tʼish | -tʼeesh |
| CONCL | -tʼeesh | -tʼéézh | -tʼish | -tʼish | -tʼeesh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TʼÉÉZH (blacken)
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