haasbá
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ha- (“climbing up”) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -bá (neuter perfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).
Verb
[edit]haasbá
- grayness slopes up, a gray slope rises
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 (si), third person only.