yibal

Navajo

Etymology

y- (peg element) + -∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -bal (repetitive imperfective stem of root -BAAL, “to hang curtainlike”).

Verb

yibal

it is flapping it, waving it (as a blanket in the wind)

Usage notes

This repetitive verb is used only in the imperfective mode.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter repetitive, third person only.

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