-KʼAII
Navajo
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼ'a̓ɣ̇ (“fat, to be fat”).
Cognate root found in Ahtna lkʼaax (“it is fat”).
Root
-KʼAII
- to get fat, to put on weight
| Theme | Category | Bases | Transitive bases (O + ł) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ni + l | conversive | S gets fat
| S fattens O
| ||||
| łi + Ø | adjectival | S gets fat
|
Stem set
| Aspect | IMP | PERF | FUT | ITER | OPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOM | -k'ááh | -k'aii | -k'ah | -k'ah | -k'ááh |
| CONCL | -k'ah | -k'ah | -k'ah | -k'ah | -k'ah |
| NEUT | -k'aii | - | - | - | - |
See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.
Derived terms
Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼAII (fat)