haamáás
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ha- (“up out”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -máás (imperfective stem of root -MÁÁZ, “to roll”).
Verb
[edit]haamáás
- he/she/it is rolling up out (as out of a hole, a box or snow)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | haasmáás | haiiʼmáás | hadeiiʼmáás |
| 2nd person | hanimáás | haahmáás | hadaahmáás |
| 3rd person | haamáás | hadaamáás | |
| 4th person | hajimáás | hadajimáás | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | háámááz | haiiʼmááz | hadeiiʼmááz |
| 2nd person | háínímááz | haoomááz | hadaoomááz |
| 3rd person | háámááz | hadaazmááz | |
| 4th person | hajíímááz | hadajizmááz | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | hadeesmas | hadiiʼmas | hadadiiʼmas |
| 2nd person | hadíímas | hadoohmas | hadadoohmas |
| 3rd person | hadoomas | hadadoomas | |
| 4th person | hazhdoomas | hadazhdoomas | |