haakaad

Etymology

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

Verb

haakaad

  1. a profusion of objects or the contents of an open container falls out, drops

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi)

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE haakaad
PERFECTIVE háákaad

References

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