yidiłbaał
Navajo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (inceptive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -baał (imperfective stem of root -BAAL, “to hang curtainlike”).
Verb
[edit]yidiłbaał
- he/she is hanging it up (as a dress on a clothesline)
- (esp. in the iterative) he/she is swinging him/her/it (as a child on a swing)
Conjugation
[edit]Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).
| imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | dishbaał | diilbaał | dadiilbaał |
| 2nd person | díłbaał | dołbaał | dadołbaał |
| 3rd person | yidiłbaał | deidiłbaał | |
| 4th person | jidiłbaał | dazhdiłbaał | |
| perfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | déłbaal | deelbaal | dadeelbaal |
| 2nd person | díníłbaal | disoołbaal | dadisoołbaal |
| 3rd person | yideesbaal | deideesbaal | |
| 4th person | jideesbaal | dazhdeesbaal | |
| future | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | dideeshbał | didiilbał | dadidiilbał |
| 2nd person | didííłbał | didoołbał | dadidoołbał |
| 3rd person | yididoołbał | deididoołbał | |
| 4th person | dizhdoołbał | dazhdidoołbał | |