tʼeesh
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *tʼe̓š (“charcoal”).
This term is also related to the root -TʼÉÉZH (“to blacken with charcoal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʼèːʃ/
Noun
tʼeesh (possessed form bitʼeezh)
Inflection
| singular | duoplural | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | shitʼeezh | nihitʼeezh | danihitʼeezh |
| 2nd person | nitʼeezh | nihitʼeezh | danihitʼeezh |
| 3rd person | bitʼeezh | ||
| 4th person (3o) | yitʼeezh | ||
| 4th person (3a) | hatʼeezh | ||
| Indefinite (3i) | atʼeezh | ||