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diibááh

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Etymology

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di- (color) + -yi- (transitional)-bááh (transitional stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).

Verb

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diibááh

  1. to turn gray

Verbal stems

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  • IMPERFECTIVE: -bááh
  • PERFECTIVE: -báʼ
  • FUTURE: -bah
  • ITERATIVE: -bah
  • OPTATIVE: -bááh

References

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  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987) The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 340.