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

1. (anatomy) foot, feet
2. shoe
3. wheel, tire

   akeeʼ niiłtsǫǫz ― the tire went flat

   akeeʼ bigháʼńjil ― the tire got a puncture

Inflection

possessives of akeeʼ

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shikeeʼ	nihikeeʼ	danihikeeʼ
2nd person	nikeeʼ	nihikeeʼ	danihikeeʼ
3rd person	bikeeʼ
4th person (3o)	yikeeʼ
4th person (3a)	hakeeʼ
Indefinite (3i)	akeeʼ

See also

• chidí bigaan (“front wheel of a car”)
• chidí bikeeʼ (“car tire”)