náábał
Navajo
editEtymology
editná- (“around”) + -yi- (progressive) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -bał (progressive stem of root -BAAL, “to hang curtainlike, to whirl”).
Verb
editnáábał
- he/she/it is turning or whirling around and around quickly (as a dancer, a wheel or airplane propeller)
Usage notes
editThis is a progressive verb; it is conjugated only in the progressive mode.
Conjugation
editParadigm: Progressive (yi).
PROGRESSIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | nááshbał | néiibał | ndéíníibaał |
2nd person | náábał | nááhbał | ndéínóhbaał |
3rd person | náábał | ndeíbaał | |
4th person | ńjoobał | ńdajíbaał |