Navajo edit

Etymology edit

ha- (completeness) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (thematic) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier)-bin (imperfective stem of root -BĮĮD, “to fill”).

Verb edit

haidiłbin (transitive)

  1. he/she is filling it

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with some irregularities.

IMPERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person hadishbin hadiilbin hadadiilbin
2nd person hadíłbin hadołbin hadadołbin
3rd person haidiłbin hadeidiłbin
4th person hazhdiłbin hadazhdiłbin
PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person hadééłbįįd hadeelbįįd hadadeelbįįd
2nd person hadííníłbįįd hadoołbįįd hadadoołbįįd
3rd person haidééłbįįd hadeidééłbįįd
4th person hazhdééłbįįd hadazhdééłbįįd
FUTURE singular duoplural plural
1st person hadideeshbį́į́ł hadidiilbį́į́ł hadadidiilbį́į́ł
2nd person hadidííłbį́į́ł hadidoołbį́į́ł hadadidoołbį́į́ł
3rd person haididoołbį́į́ł hadadidoołbį́į́ł
4th person hazhdidoołbį́į́ł hadazhdidoołbį́į́ł

Verbal stems edit

  • IMPERFECTIVE: -bin
  • PERFECTIVE: -bįįd
  • FUTURE: -bį́į́ł