-KʼAII
See also: -kʼaii
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼ'a̓ɣ̇ (“fat, to be fat”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna lkʼaax (“it is fat”).
Root
-KʼAII
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ni + l | conversive |
S gets fat
|
S fattens O
|
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| łi + ∅ | adjectival |
S gets fat
|
Stem set
| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -kʼááh | -kʼaii | -kʼah | -kʼah | -kʼááh |
| Conclusive | -kʼah | -kʼah | -kʼah | -kʼah | -kʼah |
| Neuter | -kʼaii | — | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼAII (fat)
References
- Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 336