kʼékaał

Etymology

kʼí- (“apart, in two”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier, passive) + -kaał (momentaneous stem of root -KAL, “to chop”)

Verb

kʼékaał

  1. it is severed, chopped in two, whacked or shot off

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE kʼékaał
PERFECTIVE kʼékal
FUTURE kʼídookał
ITERATIVE kʼínákał
OPTATIVE kʼíokaał

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 503.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 311
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