adikaʼ

See also: Ádika

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kaʼ (repetitive imperfective stem of root -KAAD, “flatness moves”).

Verb

adikaʼ

1. he/she is playing cards
2. he/she is gambling with cards

Conjugation

Paradigm: Repetitive (∅/yi).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adishkaʼ	adiikaʼ	daʼdiikaʼ
2nd person	adíkaʼ	adohkaʼ	daʼdohkaʼ
3rd person	adikaʼ		daʼdikaʼ
4th person	azhdikaʼ		dazhʼdikaʼ

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adííkaad	adiikaad	daʼdiikaad
2nd person	adííníkaad	adookaad	daʼdookaad
3rd person	adííkaad		daʼdííkaad
4th person	azhdííkaad		dazhʼdííkaad

Stem set

• IMPERFECTIVE: -kaʼ
• PERFECTIVE: -kaad
• FUTURE: -kał
• ITERATIVE: -kaʼ
• OPTATIVE: -kaʼ

Derived terms

• adikaʼí (“card player”)

See also

• adiłdił (“to play dice”)