-KĄĄD
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *qanʸ (“to be sweet, to taste good”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna ilkaanʼ (“it became tasty”).
Root
-KĄĄD
1. to sweeten
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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O + ł | ? | S sweetens O
S makes corn cake
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łi + Ø | adjectival | S is sweet
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2. to be quite skilled at
Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
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ho + di + ł | adjectival | S gets skilled
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Stem set
Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
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MOM / CONCL | -kąąh | -kąąd | -kąął | -kąąh | -kąął |
NEUT | -kan | - | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Synonyms
to be skilled:
- -CHĄ́Ą́ʼ
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -KĄĄD (sweet)