-KʼAII

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼ'a̓ɣ̇ (“fat, to be fat”).

Cognate root found in Ahtna lkʼaax (“it is fat”).

Root

-KʼAII

1. to get fat, to put on weight

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ni + l	conversive	S gets fat biʼniilkʼááh (MOM) nilkʼah (CONCL) noolkʼah (PROG)	S fattens O — yiniłkʼah (CONCL)
łi + ∅	adjectival	S gets fat łikʼaii (NEUT)

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)