kʼéní

See also: keni

Etymology

kʼé (“peace”) + di- (“oral”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of root -NIID, “to say”). The di- prefix is deleted in the third person singular.

Verb

kʼéní

  1. to be friendly, well-disposed

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person kʼédíshní kʼédiiʼní kʼédadiiʼní
2nd person kʼédiní kʼédohní kʼédadohní
3rd person kʼéní kʼédaaní
4th person kʼéjiní kʼédajiní

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 502.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 448
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