iikaad

Etymology

ʼa- (away) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-kaad (momentaneous stem of root -KAAD, “small objects fall”)

Verb

iikaad

  1. small objects or an open container fall(s) away and out of sight

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi)

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE iikaad
PERFECTIVE ííkaad

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 301