tʼeesh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Athabaskan *tʼe̓ˑš ~ *tʼeˑtšʼ ~ *tʼuˑtšʼ (“charcoal”).[1] Distantly cognate with Ket дуʼ (duˀ, “smoke, soot”).

This term is also related to the root -TʼÉÉZH (“to blacken with charcoal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʼèːʃ/

Noun

tʼeesh (possessed form bitʼeezh)

  1. charcoal
  2. ash
    Gad bitʼeezh ― juniper ash

Inflection

Possessives of tʼeesh
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

References

  1. ^ Leer, Jeff (1996), Comparative Athabaskan Lexicon‎[1], volume t1E-t1u, Alaska Native Language Archive, page 51
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