yíkęęs

== Navajo == === Etymology === y- (peg element) + -◌́- (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -kęęs (momentaneous stem of root -KĘ́Ę́Z, “a slender stiff object moves”) === Verb === yíkęęs a slender stiff object comes/arrives flying through the air ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Momentaneous (ni/ni), third person only === References === Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 323