-KĄ́
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ka"
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Athabaskan *qaːŋ (“to handle an object in a container”)[1]
Root
[edit]-KĄ́
- to handle, move an object within an open container
Stem set
[edit]| Aspect | Imperfective | Perfective | Future | Iterative | Optative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentaneous | -kaah | -ką́ | -kááł | -kááh | -kááł |
| Continuative | -ká | -ką́ | -kaał | -kaah | -kaał |
| Distributive | -kaʼ | -ką́ | -kaał | -kaah | -kaʼ |
| CONAT | -kááh | — | — | — | — |
| Diversitative | -kaʼ | — | — | — | — |
| Neuter | — | -ką́ | — | — | — |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]| Navajo Handle Themes | to move it | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class | Examples | Theme | ||
| SRO | generic | ∅ | -ʼĄ́ | yiʼaah |
| SFO | rope; pairs; unknown; conglomerate |
∅ | -LÁ | yilé |
| FFO | sheet, paper | ł | -TSOOZ | yiłtsóós |
| SSO | stick, pole | ∅ | -TĄ́ | yitįįh |
| AnO | animate, doll | ł | -TĮ́ | yiłteeh |
| NCM | wig, hay; fog | ł | -JOOL | yiłjooł |
| MM | butter; frog | ∅ | -TŁÉÉʼ | yitłeeh |
| LPB | load, burden | ∅ | -YĮ́ | yiyeeh |
| PlO1 | severality | ∅ | -NIL | yinííł |
| PlO2 | profusion | ∅ | -JAAʼ | yijááh |
| OC | severality/profusion in a container |
∅ | -KĄ́ | yikaah |