Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ná- (around) + -s- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier)-bá (neuter perfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).

Verb edit

násbá

  1. there is a circle of gray

Usage notes edit

This verb is limited to expression in the third person.

This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.

PERFECTIVE singular plural dist. plural
3rd person násbá ńdaasbá

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