haasbá

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

haasbá

1. grayness slopes up, a gray slope rises

Usage notes

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

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

Conjugation

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

Related terms

• deesbá
• diibááh
• dinilbá
• dzíbá
• haabá
• kʼídzíbá
• łibá
• naabá
• naasbá
• násbá
• yiibááh
• yiyiiłbááh