yibadooghááh

Navajo

Etymology

b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ba- (“use up, exhaust”) + -di- (thematic)

• ∅- (classifier) + -ááh (imperfective stem of root -YÁ, “to go — 1 actor”)
• ∅- (classifier) + -ʼaash (imperfective stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go — 2 actors”)
• d- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go — 3 actors”)

Verb

yibadooghááh

1. to go through it, use it all up, use every last bit of it, exhaust it, finish it (for example, money, a quantity of food)
2. to go through it (an ordeal or challenge)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with some irregularities.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	bibadooshááh	bibadiitʼaash	bibadookááh
2nd person	bibadoónááh	bibadoohʼaash	bibadoohkááh
3rd person	yibadooghááh	yibadiʼaash	yibadookááh
4th person	bibazhdooghááh	bibazhdiʼaash	bibazhdookááh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	bibadéyá	bibadeetʼáázh	bibadeekai
2nd person	bibadíníyá	bibadisooʼáázh	bibadisoohkai
3rd person	yibadooyá	yibazdoozhʼáázh	yibadooskai
4th person	bibazhdooyá	bibazdoozhʼáázh	bibazdooskai

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	bibadideeshááł	bibadidiitʼash	bibadidiikah
2nd person	bibadidíínááł	bibadidoohʼash	bibadidoohkah
3rd person	yibadidoogááł	yibadidooʼash	yibadidookah
4th person	bibadizhdoogááł	bibadizhdooʼash	bibadizhdookah

ITERATIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	bibańdíshdááh	bibańdiitʼash	bibańdiikah
2nd person	bibańdídááh	bibańdóhʼash	bibańdóhkah
3rd person	yibańdídááh	yibańdíʼash	yibańdíkah
4th person	bibanízhdídááh	bibanízhdíʼash	bibanízhdíkah

OPTATIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	bibadóshaʼ	bibadootʼaash	bibadookááh
2nd person	bibadóóyaʼ	bibadoohʼaash	bibadoohkááh
3rd person	yibadóyaʼ	yibadóʼaash	yibadókááh
4th person	bibazhdóyaʼ	bibazhdóʼaash	bibazhdókááh