naabąąs

Navajo edit

Etymology edit

na- (atelic, circuital) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -bąąs (continuative imperfective stem of root -BĄ́Ą́Z, “to roll”).

Verb edit

naabąąs

it is rolling around about (a wheeled vehicle)
Shił naabąąs. ― I ride it around (a wagon) (lit. it rolls around with me)

Conjugation edit

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si), third person only.

	3rd person singular
IMPERFECTIVE	naabąąs
PERFECTIVE	naazbą́ą́z
FUTURE	ndoobąs

Verbal stems edit

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