jeeh

Navajo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Athabaskan *džeˑx. Related to the root -JÉÉʼ (“to adhere”).

Noun

jeeh

1. resin, pitch, wax, gum, sap
2. chewing gum

Inflection

possessives of jeeh

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shijeeh	nihijeeh	danihijeeh
2nd person	nijeeh	nihijeeh	danihijeeh
3rd person	bijeeh
4th person (3o)	yijeeh
4th person (3a)	hajeeh
Indefinite (3i)	ajeeh

Derived terms

• bijeeh
• jeełid
• jeełigai
• jeeh dígházii
• jeeh sááʼ
• tsísʼná bijeeh

Etymology 2

Contraction of ajaaʼ (“ear”) + -iih (“into”)

Adverb

jeeh

1. into the ear