-ʼEEZH

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *ʼe̓ž (“to string fish or beads”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna *inezʼaes (“he strung them”).

Evolved in Navajo to mean “lead 2+ objects”, in contradiction with -LÓÓZ, “lead a single object”.

Root

-ʼEEZH

 1. to lead plural object

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
O + Ø motion

S leads O

  • yiʼéésh (Ø-MOM)
  • iiʼéésh
  • yidiʼéésh
  • yidiiʼéésh
  • haiʼéésh
  • táidiʼéésh
  • yisdéíʼéésh
  • yíʼéésh (ni-MOM)
  • chʼííʼéésh
  • niyíʼéésh
  • neiʼeesh (CONT)
  • yooʼish (PROG)
O + ł adjectival

S is a leader, is in charge of O

  • yishʼeezh (NEUT)
  • ashʼeezh

  2. to string beads

Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
O + Ø conversive

S strings beads

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -ʼéésh -ʼeezh -ʼish -ʼish -ʼéésh
CONT / CONCL -ʼeesh -ʼeezh -ʼish -ʼish -ʼeesh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to lead:

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -ʼEEZH (lead)

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