-KǪʼ

Navajo

Etymology

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Root

-KǪʼ

1. to be smooth

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
di + l	adjectival	S is smooth, bald dilkǫǫh (NEUT) ↳ hodilkǫǫh
di + l	transitional	S becomes smooth diilkǫǫh (TRANS) ↳ hodiilkǫǫh     bikʼidiilkǫǫh hahodiilkǫǫh	S makes O smooth yidiiłkǫǫh (TRANS) ↳ hodiiłkǫǫh ↳ néidiiłkǫǫh (ná-, “back”) ↳ ńʼdiiłkǫǫh yikʼiidiiłkǫǫh

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
TRANS	-kǫǫh	-kǫʼ	-kǫǫł	-kǫǫh	-kǫǫh / kǫǫł
NEUT	-kǫǫh	-	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

• -DǪǪD

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KǪʼ (smooth)