kʼélyeed

Navajo

Etymology

From kʼí- +‎ l- (“classifier”) + + -yeed (imperfective stem of root -WOD, “to run — 1 actor”).

Verb

kʼélyeed

1. to keep or continue running

References

• Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 505.