joobaah

Navajo

Etymology

ji- (“emotion”) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -∅- (classifier) + -baah (imperfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be kind”).

Verb

joobaah

1. he/she is behaving nicely, generously or helpfully

   Bee naa jiinishbaah. ― I'm treating you with it, I'm aiding you with it.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	jiinishbaah, jooshbaah	jiiniibaah	dajiiniibaah
2nd person	jiiníbaah	jiinohbaah	dajiinohbaah
3rd person	joobaah		dajoobaah
4th person	jijoobaah		dajijoobaah

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	jiisébaʼ	jiisiibaʼ	dajiisiibaʼ
2nd person	jiisíníbaʼ	jiisoobaʼ	dajiisoobaʼ
3rd person	joozbaʼ		dajoozbaʼ
4th person	jijoozbaʼ		dajijoozbaʼ

Related terms

• hojoobaʼ
• joobaʼ