sikaad

Navajo

Etymology

si- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kaad (neuter perfective stem of root -KAAD, “flatness moves or stands”).

Verb

sikaad

1. it lies, spreads out, is in position (a spreading object as a brush, vegetation, fog, a blanket, a sheet of ice or a body of water)

Usage notes

This verb is semantically limited to expression in the singular third person and refers to a single item. For multiple items, use the verb naazkaad.

This is a neuter verb. As such, it has only the perfective stem.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.