-KʼĄĄD

Navajo

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *qʼanʸ (“slant, slope”).

Root

-KʼĄĄD

1. to form an angle, to tilt, to slant

Theme	Category	Bases	Transitive bases (O + ł)
(di) + ∅	adjectival	S is square, angular, tilted dikʼą́ (NEUT) ↳ hodikʼą́ bídazneeskʼą́ honíkʼą́
ha + ∅ / ł	adjectival	S is hunched, humped haakʼąął (PROG) haʼoołkʼąął
di + ∅	transitional	S becomes tilted diikʼąąh	S tilts, tips O diiłkʼąąh ↳ adiiłkʼąąh
di + ∅	successive	S rocks, tilts back and forth ndikʼąʼ (REP)
∅	extensional	S tilts down, slants yikʼą́ (NEUT, impf.) yíkʼą́ (NEUT, perf.) náákʼą́ táákʼą́

Stem set

Aspect	IMP	PERF	FUT	ITER	OPT
TRANS	-kʼąąh	-kʼąąd	-kʼąął	-kʼąąh	-kʼąąh
REP	-kʼąʼ	-kʼąąd	-kʼąął	-kʼąąh	-kʼąął
NEUT	-kʼą́	-kʼą́	-	-	-

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to twist, bend, curve:

• -TAAZ
• -BĄ́Ą́Z
• -TŁʼIIZH
• -YIIZH
• -ZHAʼ
• -YIZ

 

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KʼĄĄD (slant)