-TʼÉÉZH
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tʼetšʼ (“to blacken with charcoal”). Compare also Navajo tʼeesh (“charcoal”).
Root
-TʼÉÉZH
- to blacken with charcoal
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + Ø) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ø | operative | S blackens O
| |||||
ni | operative | S blackens O cerimonially
|
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
to blacken:
- -ZHĮ́Į́ʼ
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -TʼÉÉZH (blacken)