-TʼÉ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "te"

Etymology

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

Root

-TʼÉ

  1. to roast, cook, fry, broil
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
∅ conversive S roasts, cooks S roasts O, cooks O
↳ ałtʼees
∅ 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:

to boil, be boiled:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -TʼÉ (cook)
sitʼé
yiłtʼees
yistʼé
yitʼees
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