-KID

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kid"

Navajo

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *qə̓t’ (“to slip, to slide”).

Root

-KID

1. to slide

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
l	motion	S slides yilkeed (∅-MOM) chʼíʼiilkeed dilkeed haalkeed iilkeed nálkeed (reversionary) yílkeed (ni-MOM) niilkeed naalkid (CONT) yilkił (PROG) náʼoolkił ...	S slides O yiłkeed chʼíʼiiłkeed yidiłkeed haiłkeed     yíłkeed (ni-MOM) niiłkeed neiłkid (CONT) yoołkił (PROG) ...
ł	positional	S is in position (scale, gunsight) siłkid	S keeps O in position siłkid

  2. to eat chunky object

Theme	Category	Bases	+ Unspec object
O + l	operative	S eats O yiʼniilkeed (MOM) niyílkeed néidíníkeed (MOM) néineeskid (perf.) yilkeed (DUR)	S eats iʼniilkeed (MOM) niʼílkeed (MOM) ? náʼneeskid (perf.) alkeed (DUR)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-keed	-kid	-kił	-kiʼ	-keed
DUR	-kid	-kid	-kił	-kiʼ	-kid
CONT	-kid	-kid	-kił	-kiʼ	-kid

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to slide:

• -DÁÁZ (rocks, seeds)
• -TÉÉL (animate O)
• -YIZ (large O)
• -ZHÓÓD (massive O)
• -ZHOOZH (rocks, seeds)

 

 

to eat:

• -ʼAAL (hard O)
• -CHOZH (leafy O)
• -DÉÉL (plural O)
• -DLĄ́Ą́ʼ (liquid O)
• -GHAL (meat)
• -TSʼEEʼ (mushy O)
• -MAL
• -YĄ́Ą́ʼ

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KID (slide)

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KID (eat chunky)