akeeʼ
See also: akee
Navajo
Etymology
From a- (indefinite personal possessive pronoun) + ké (“foot”). Possibly cognate with Ket ки’сь (kiˀs), if the Na-Dene and Yeniseian languages are related.
Noun
akeeʼ
- (anatomy) foot, feet
- shoe
- wheel, tire
- akeeʼ niiłtsǫǫz ― the tire went flat
- akeeʼ bigháʼńjil ― the tire got a puncture
Inflection
See also
- chidí bigaan (“front wheel of a car”)
- chidí bikeeʼ (“car tire”)
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