sikaad
Navajo
Etymology
si- (modal) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -kaad (neuter perfective stem of root -KAAD, “flatness moves or stands”).
Verb
sikaad
- it lies, spreads out, is in position (a spreading object as a brush, vegetation, fog, a blanket, a sheet of ice or a body of water)
Usage notes
This verb is semantically limited to expression in the singular third person and refers to a single item. For multiple items, use the verb naazkaad.
This is a neuter verb. As such, it has only the perfective stem.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.