-KID

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Athabaskan *qə̓t’ (“to slip, to slide”).

Root

-KID

  1. to slide
Theme Category Bases Transitive bases (O + ł)
l motion

S slides

  • yilkeed (Ø-MOM)
  • chʼíʼiilkeed
  • dilkeed
  • haalkeed
  • iilkeed
  • nálkeed (reversionary)
  • yílkeed (ni-MOM)
  • niilkeed
  • naalkid (CONT)
  • yilkił (PROG)
    • náʼoolkił
  • ...

S slides O

  • yiłkeed
  • chʼíʼiiłkeed
  • yidiłkeed
  • haiłkeed
  •  
  •  
  • yíłkeed (ni-MOM)
  • niiłkeed
  • neiłkid (CONT)
  • yoołkił (PROG)
  • ...
ł positional

S is in position (scale, gunsight)

  • siłkid

S keeps O in position

  • siłkid

  2. to eat chunky object

Theme Category Bases + Unspec object
O + l operative

S eats O

  • yiʼniilkeed (MOM)
  • niyílkeed
  • néidíníkeed (MOM)
  • néineeskid (perf.)
  • yilkeed (DUR)

S eats

  • iʼniilkeed (MOM)
  • niʼílkeed (MOM)
  • ?
  • náʼneeskid (perf.)
  • alkeed (DUR)

Stem set
Aspect IMP PERF FUT ITER OPT
MOM -keed -kid -kił -kiʼ -keed
DUR -kid -kid -kił -kiʼ -kid
CONT -kid -kid -kił -kiʼ -kid

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Synonyms

to slide:

  • -DÁÁZ (rocks, seeds)
  • -TÉÉL (animate O)
  • -YIZ (large O)
  • -ZHÓÓD (massive O)
  • -ZHOOZH (rocks, seeds)
 
 

to eat:

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KID (slide)

Navajo terms belonging to the root -KID (eat chunky)

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