-TʼÉ

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Athabaskan *tʼe (“roast, cook”).

Root

-TʼÉ

  1. to roast, cook, fry, broil
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
Ø conversive S roasts, cooks
  • biʼniitʼees (MOM)
  • yitʼees (CONCL)
 S roasts O, cooks O
↳ ałtʼees
Ø adjectival S is roasted, cooked }

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -tʼees -tʼé -tʼis -tʼis -tʼees
CONCL -tʼees -tʼé -tʼis -tʼis -tʼees
NEUT - -tʼé - - -

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to cook:

  • -ZIL

to fry:

  • -ZIID

to boil, be boiled:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TʼÉ (cook)

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