-KÉ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ke"

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *qeˑ. Cognate with Lower Tanana ka (“multiple granular objects fall”).

Root

-KÉ

  1. to sit (of two actors)

Stem set

Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Iterative Optative
Momentaneous -keeh -ké -keeł -keeh -keeh
Neuter — -ké — — —

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KÉ (sit)
naazké
nidaah
siké

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 333.
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