yółbaal

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -ó- (“directed at”, combining form of yíní- in the 3rd person) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -bal (neuter imperfective stem of root -BAAL, “to hang curtainlike”).

Verb

yółbaal

1. he/she is holding it up curtainlike (as a coat by the fire)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíníshbaal	yíníilbaal	deíníilbaal
2nd person	yíníłbaal	yínółbaal	deínółbaal
3rd person	yółbaal		dayółbaal
4th person	jółbaal		dajółbaal

Related terms

• níbaal
• yiłbaał