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”)