-KÁÁL

Navajo

From Proto-Athabaskan *kal (“spread out, stretch out”).

-KÁÁL

Theme	Category	Bases
ni + ł	successive	S sets O in a circle ahééniníłkáál ahééniʼníłkáál nánéłkáál nininíłkááł (“to set O in a line as far as a stopping point”) yinéiniłkáál (“to encircle S with O”)
ni + ł	successive	S is setting O along a line neeshkáál
ni + l	adjectival	S extends in a line neelkáál dínéeskáál nanoolkáál (“S hangs down in a row”)
l	adjectival	S sticks up, stretches yaalkaal yíníshkaal

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Iterative	Optative
Momentaneous	-kááł	-káál	-kááł	-kááł	-kááł
Neuter	-kaal	-káál	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KÁÁL (spread)

Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 312