kǫʼ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ko"
Navajo
FWOTD – 16 May 2013
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ. Cognate with Western Apache kǫʼ, Chiricahua kųų, Jicarilla ko̱ʼ, Lipan kǫǫʼ, Plains Apache kǫʼ, Tsuut'ina kù, Chipewyan kon, Beaver kʊ́n, Carrier kʊn, Sekani kon, Ahtna konʼ, Gwich'in kwʼanʼ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰõ̀ʔ/
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Noun
kǫʼ (distributive plural daakǫʼ)
- fire
- 1985, Diyin God Bizaad: The Holy Bible in Navajo, Acts 2:3:
- Áko tʼááłáʼí jinítínígo atsooʼ kǫʼ ndahalingo hakʼijįʼ adahwiizleʼgo dajiiłtsą́.
- And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Derived terms
- akʼahkǫʼ (“petroleum”)
- béésh biiʼ kǫʼí (“stove”)
- bééshbiiʼkǫǫʼítsoh (“power plant”)
- kǫʼ bee niltsésí (“fire extinguisher”)
- kǫʼ deiniłtsésí (“firefighter”)
- kǫʼ naʼałbąąsii (“train”)
- kǫʼ naʼałbąąsii diné bee nágéhé (“passenger train”)
- kǫʼ nooyééł (“torch”)
- kǫʼkʼeh (“fireplace”)