-KÁÁL

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *kal (“spread out, stretch out”).

Root

-KÁÁL

1. to stretch out, to spread

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
ni + ł	successive	S sets O in a circle ahééniníłkáál ahééniʼníłkáál binánéłkáál (“to encircle S with O”) nánéłkáál nininíłkááł (“to set O in a line as far as a stopping point”)
ni + ł	successive	S is setting O along a line neeshkáál
ni + l	adjectival	S extends in a line neelkáál dínéeskáál nanoolkáál (“S hangs down in a row”)
l	adjectival	S sticks up, stretches yaalkaal yíníshkaal

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
MOM	-kááł	-kááł	-kááł	-kááł	-kááł
NEUT	-kaal	-káál	—	—	—

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KÁÁL (spread)