yibah

See also: yíbah

Navajo

Etymology

yi- (progressive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -bah (progressive stem of root -BAAʼ, “to raid”).

Verb

yibah

1. he/she is going along raiding, is going along the warpath

Usage notes

This is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Progressive (yi).

PROGRESSIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yishbah	yiibah	deíníibááh
2nd person	yíbah	wohbah	deínóhbááh
3rd person	yibah		deíbááh
4th person	joobah		dajíbááh

Related terms

• yibááh