"-KEED" meaning in Navajo

See -KEED in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

Etymology: From Proto-Athabaskan *qe̓d (“to ask for, buy”). Cognate with Lower Tanana kat, Ahtna kaet. Etymology templates: {{inh|nv|ath-pro|*qe̓d||to ask for, buy}} Proto-Athabaskan *qe̓d (“to ask for, buy”), {{cog|taa|kat}} Lower Tanana kat, {{cog|aht|kaet}} Ahtna kaet Head templates: {{head|nv|root}} -KEED
  1. to ask for, request, beg Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--KEED-nv-root-Mzjbn1iQ Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 55 6 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 2 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 1 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Root

Etymology: Possibly related to ashkii (“boy”). Cognate also with Gwich'in hiskë (“he/she is angry, cranky”). The noun hashké is also related, and is derived from Proto-Athabaskan *qɑš-qeˑ; see there for more. Etymology templates: {{cog|gwi|hiskë||he/she is angry, cranky}} Gwich'in hiskë (“he/she is angry, cranky”), {{cog|ath-pro|*qɑš-qeˑ}} Proto-Athabaskan *qɑš-qeˑ Head templates: {{head|nv|root}} -KEED
  1. to be mean, fierce Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--KEED-nv-root-oSgHneMr
  2. to scold Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--KEED-nv-root-PmBIye2t Categories (other): Navajo roots, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Navajo roots: 23 4 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 2 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 1 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Lower Tanana kat",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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      "expansion": "Ahtna kaet",
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  "pos": "root",
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        },
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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        "to scold"
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      },
      "expansion": "Lower Tanana kat",
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  "word": "-KEED"
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