-KǪʼ

Navajo

Etymology

Root

-KǪʼ

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)

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