yidiłbaał

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (inceptive) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -baał (imperfective stem of root -BAAL, “to hang curtainlike”).

Verb

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

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Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dishł	diidł	dadiidł
2nd person	díł	dohł	dadohł
3rd person	yidił		deidił
4th person	jidił		dazhdił

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	débaał	deedbaał	dadeedbaał
2nd person	díníbaał	disoobaał	dadisoobaał
3rd person	yideezbaał		deideezbaał
4th person	jideezbaał		dazhdeezbaał

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	dideeshbaal	didiidbaal	dadidiidbaal
2nd person	didííbaal	didoohbaal	dadidoohbaal
3rd person	yididoobaal		deididoobaal
4th person	dizhdoobaal		dazhdidoobaal

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