aakʼeed

Navajo

Etymology

Compare Carrier daakʼid (“autumn”).

Noun

aakʼeed

autumn, fall (season)
aakʼeedgo níyol łeh ― It’s usually windy in the fall.

Usage notes

A lot of people these days insist on the alternative spelling aakʼee, because the stem of aakʼeed (-KʼEED (“autumn”)) is almost the same as the stem -KʼÉÉD (“copulate”), and is identical to some forms of -kʼééd.

Alternative forms

aakʼee

Derived terms

aakʼeedą́ą́ʼ (“last fall”)
aakʼeedgo, aakʼeego (“in the autumn, in the fall”)

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