dikaad
Navajo
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
- 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