naasbá

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Navajo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

na- (atelic, circuital) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-bá (neuter perfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).

Verb[edit]

naasbá

  1. it forms a meandering gray line or line of gray spots on the ground (as ashes)
    Biyaagóó łeeshchʼih naasbá.There are (piles of) ashes under it.

Usage notes[edit]

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.

Related terms[edit]