yiibááh

Navajo

Etymology 1

yi- (transitional) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø - (thematic) + -bááh (transitional imperfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).

Verb

yiibááh

1. he/she is turning gray

Conjugation

Paradigm: Transitional (yii/yii).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiishbááh	yiibááh	deiibááh
2nd person	yiibááh	woohbááh	daoohbááh
3rd person	yiibááh		dayiibááh
4th person	jiibááh		dajiibááh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiibaʼ	yiibaʼ	deiibaʼ
2nd person	yinibaʼ	woobaʼ	daoobaʼ
3rd person	yiibaʼ		deibaʼ
4th person	jiibaʼ		dajiibaʼ

Verb

yiibááh

1. inflection of yiibááh:
   1. second-person singular imperfective
   2. first-person duoplural imperfective

Related terms

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

Etymology 2

Verb

yiibááh

1. first-person duoplural imperfective of yibááh