-TʼÉÉZH

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tʼetšʼ (“to blacken with charcoal”). Compare also Navajo tʼeesh (“charcoal”).

Root

-TʼÉÉZH

1. to blacken with charcoal

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + Ø)
Ø	operative		S blackens O yiʼniitʼeesh (MOM) yitʼeesh (CONCL) ↳ ádítʼeesh (+d refl.)
ni	operative		S blackens O cerimonially nitʼeesh (CONCL) ↳ anitʼeesh

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)