haiłbąąs

Navajo

Etymology

ha- (“up out”) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -bąąs (imperfective stem of root -BĄ́Ą́Z, “to roll”).

Verb

haiłbąąs

1. he/she is rolling it up out (a wheel, a hoop)
2. he/she is driving it up out (a wheeled vehicle)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi), with da-shift.

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	hááłbą́ą́z	haiilbą́ą́z	hadasiilbą́ą́z
2nd person	háíníłbą́ą́z	haoołbą́ą́z	hadasoołbą́ą́z
3rd person	hayííłbą́ą́z		hadeisbą́ą́z
4th person	hajííłbą́ą́z		hadajisbą́ą́z

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -bąąs
• PERFECTIVE: -bą́ą́z
• FUTURE: -bąs
• ITERATIVE: -bąs
• OPTATIVE: -bąąs

Related terms

• naabąąs
• neiłbąąs
• názbąs
• yiłbąąs
• yisdábąąs
• yisdéíłbąąs
• yoołbąs

See also

• neiłmaas