naałkʼaas

Etymology

na- (atelic, circuital) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier) + -kʼaas (continuative stem of root -KʼAAZ, “to be cold”).

Verb

naałkʼaas

  1. coldness moves about here and there

Conjugation

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si), third person only.

3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE naałkʼaas
PERFECTIVE naaskʼaaz

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 339
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