-KʼĮH

Navajo

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *qʼəy (“birch”).

Cognates found in Koyukon dodaalkkʼeyh (“it is layered”) and Dena'ina tqʼey (“it is shingled with bark”).

Root

-KʼĮH

1. to overlap, be overlapped, be layered

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
di + d	?	S overlaps ałkʼidookʼįh (NEUT) hadookʼįh hadeeskʼįh (perf.)

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
NEUT	-kʼįh	-kʼįh	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to layer:

• -TʼIʼ

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼĮH (layer)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

-KʼĮH

1. to curdle, coagulate (as milk or blood)

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ni + l	adjectival	S curdles, coagulates nilkʼįh

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-kʼįh	-kʼįh	-kʼįh	-kʼįh	-kʼįh

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼĮH (curdle)