-TʼÉÉZH
Navajo
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *tʼetšʼ (“to blacken with charcoal”). Compare also Navajo tʼeesh (“charcoal”).
Root
edit-TʼÉÉZH
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ∅) | ||||
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∅ | operative | S blackens O
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ni | operative | S blackens O cerimonially
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Stem set
editAspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM / TRANS | -tʼeesh | -tʼéézh | -tʼish | -tʼish | -tʼeesh |
CONCL | -tʼeesh | -tʼéézh | -tʼish | -tʼish | -tʼeesh |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.