-TʼÉ

-TʼÉ

Navajo

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Athabaskan *tʼe (“roast, cook”).

Root

-TʼÉ

1. to roast, cook, fry, broil

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø	conversive	S roasts, cooks biʼniitʼees (MOM) yitʼees (CONCL)	S roasts O, cooks O yiʼniiłtʼees yiłtʼees ↳ ałtʼees
Ø	adjectival	S is roasted, cooked sitʼé					} Stem set Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT MOM -tʼees -tʼé -tʼis -tʼis -tʼees CONCL -tʼees -tʼé -tʼis -tʼis -tʼees NEUT - -tʼé - - - See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation. Synonyms to cook: -ZIL to fry: -ZIID to boil, be boiled: -BÉÉZH -TʼOD -GHAAZH Derived terms Navajo terms belonging to the root -TʼÉ (cook)