adikaʼ

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø - (thematic) + -kaʼ (repetitive imperfective stem of root -KAAD, “flatness moves”).

Verb

adikaʼ

1. he/she is playing cards
2. he/she is gambling with cards

Conjugation

Paradigm: Repetitive (Ø/yi).

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adííØkaad	adiidØkaad	daʼdiidØkaad
2nd person	adííníØkaad	adooØkaad	daʼdooØkaad
3rd person	adííØkaad		daʼdííØkaad
4th person	azhdííØkaad		dazhʼdííØkaad

Stem set

• IMPERFECTIVE: -kaʼ
• PERFECTIVE: -kaad
• FUTURE: -kał
• ITERATIVE: -kaʼ
• OPTATIVE: -kaʼ

Derived terms

• adikaʼí (“card player”)

See also

• adiłdił (“to play dice”)