akęęs

== Navajo == === Etymology === ʼa- (unspecified person subject prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kęęs (momentaneous imperfective stem of root -KĘ́Ę́Z, “a slender stiff object moves”). === Verb === akęęs (with prepounded bikʼi dah) to be a certain hour, an hour to pass. Literally, “something stick-like (the hand of a clock) moves upon it”. ==== Usage notes ==== This verb is semantically limited to expression in third person. ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si), third person only ==== References ==== Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 322