-KĄĄD
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *qanʸ (“to be sweet, to taste good”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna kan (“taste(y)”).
Root
-KĄĄD
1. to sweeten
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O + ł | ? |
S sweetens O
S makes corn cake
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| łi + ∅ | adjectival |
S is sweet
|
2. to be quite skilled at
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ho + di + ł | adjectival |
S gets skilled
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous/Conclusive | -kąąh | -kąąd | -kąął | -kąąh | -kąął |
| Neuter | -kan | — | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.