-KǪʼ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"

Etymology

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Root

-KǪʼ

  1. to be smooth
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
di + l adjectival

S is smooth, bald

↳ hodilkǫǫh
di + l transitional

S becomes smooth

  • diilkǫǫh (TRANS)
↳ hodiilkǫǫh
 
 
  • bikʼidiilkǫǫh
  • hahodiilkǫǫh

S makes O smooth

↳ hodiiłkǫǫh
↳ néidiiłkǫǫh (ná-, “back”)
↳ ńʼdiiłkǫǫh
  • yikʼiidiiłkǫǫh

Stem set

Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -kǫǫh -kǫʼ -kǫǫł -kǫǫh -kǫǫh / -kǫǫł
NEUT -kǫǫh — — — —

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KǪʼ (smooth)
dilkǫǫh
yidiiłkǫǫh
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