naabaah

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

naabaah (intransitive)

1. he/she is going around raiding
2. he/she is at war, is fighting, is in combat

Conjugation

Paradigm: Continuative (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	naashbaah	neiibaah	nideiibaah
2nd person	nanibaah	naahbaah	nidaahbaah
3rd person	naabaah		nidaabaah
4th person	nijibaah		nidajibaah

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	nisébaaʼ	nisiibaaʼ	nidasiibaaʼ
2nd person	nisíníbaaʼ	nisoobaaʼ	nidasoobaaʼ
3rd person	naazbaaʼ		nidaazbaaʼ
4th person	nijizbaaʼ		nidajizbaaʼ

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ndeeshbah	ndiibah	ndadiibah
2nd person	ndííbah	ndoohbah	ndadoohbah
3rd person	ndoobah		ndadoobah
4th person	nizhdoobah		ndazhdoobah

Derived terms

• naałniih yichʼą́ą́h naabaahígíí
• naałniih yichʼą́ą́h naabaahígíí bąąh dahooʼaahgo

Related terms

• yibááh