haabá
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ha- (“up out”) + -yi- (modal) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -bá (neuter perfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).
Verb
[edit]haabá
- there is a gray outcropping or patch (on the mountainside)
Usage notes
[edit]This verb is limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only, with da-shift.
| PERFECTIVE | singular | plural | dist. plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd person | haabá | hadaasbá | |
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Navajo terms prefixed with ha- (disjunct)
- Navajo terms prefixed with yi- (modal)
- Navajo terms prefixed with d- (classifier)
- Navajo terms belonging to the root -BAʼ (gray)
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo verbs
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Navajo verbs used in third person only
- Navajo verbs undergoing da-shift
- Navajo verbs in the neuter perfective (yi) aspect