yiłbąąs

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -bąąs (imperfective stem of root -BĄ́Ą́Z, “to roll”).

Verb

yiłbąąs

1. he/she rolls it (a hoop, wheel, or something on wheels), is rolling it (a hoop, wheel, or something on wheels), is driving it (a wheeled vehicle)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yisbąąs	yiilbąąs	deiilbąąs
2nd person	niłbąąs	wołbąąs	daałbąąs
3rd person	yiłbąąs		deiłbąąs
4th person	jiłbąąs		dajiłbąąs

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíłbą́ą́z	yiilbą́ą́z	—
2nd person	yíníłbą́ą́z	woołbą́ą́z	—
3rd person	yiyííłbą́ą́z		—
4th person	jííłbą́ą́z		—

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -bąąs
• PERFECTIVE: -bą́ą́z
• FUTURE: -bąs
• ITERATIVE: -bąs
• OPTATIVE: -bąąs

Related terms

• haiłbąąs
• naabąąs
• názbąs