dikaad

Etymology

di- (inceptive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-kaad (momentaneous stem of root -KAAD, “a profusion of objects or an open container falls”)

Verb

dikaad

  1. it starts to move along through the air (as water from a container)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si)

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE dikaad
PERFECTIVE deezkaad

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 302