naabá

Navajo

Etymology

na- (“downward”) + -yi- (modal) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -bá (neuter perfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).

Verb

naabá

1. there is a descending gray line or strip

Usage notes

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only.

Related terms

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