-nééz

From the root -NÉÉZ, “to to be long”)

-nééz

1. long, tall

   ‎dzaa- (“ear”) + ‎-nééz → ‎dzaanééz (“donkey”)

   ‎ké (“shoe”) + ‎-nééz → ‎kénééz (“boot”)

• This suffix may also take the forms -nézhí and -nézí.

• Robert W. Young, William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 2