oołbįįh

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Navajo[edit]

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -ł- (classifier)-bįįh (imperfective stem of root -BĄ́, “to win”).

Verb[edit]

oołbįįh

  1. he/she is winning (by chance), winning a card game, winning the jackpot

Conjugation[edit]

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si)

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person ooshbįįh iiniilbįįh daʼiiniilbįįh
2nd person iiniłbįįh iinołbįįh daʼiinołbįįh
3rd person oołbįįh daʼoołbįįh
4th person ajoołbįįh daʼjoołbįįh
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person iiséłbą́ iisiilbą́ daʼiisiilbą́
2nd person iisíníłbą́ iisoołbą́ daʼiisoołbą́
3rd person oosbą́ daʼoosbą́
4th person ajoosbą́ daʼjoosbą́
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person iideeshbįįł iidiilbįįł daʼiidiilbįįł
2nd person iidííłbįįł iidoołbįįł daʼiidoołbįįł
3rd person iidoołbįįł daʼiidoołbįįł
4th person iizhdoołbįįł daʼiizhdoołbįįł

Verbal stems[edit]

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -bįįh
  • PERFECTIVE: -bą́
  • FUTURE: -bįįł