anitʼeesh

== Navajo == === Etymology === ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -ni- (terminative) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tʼeesh (momentaneous stem of root -TʼÉÉZH, “to blacken”) === Verb === anitʼeesh to perform a blackening rite (with charcoal) === References === Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 120. Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 545