iiłbąąs

Navajo

Etymology

ʼa- (unspecified person object prefix) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -bąąs (imperfective stem of root -BĄ́Ą́Z, “to roll”).

Verb

iiłbąąs

1. he/she is rolling it away out of sight (a wheel, a hoop)
2. he/she is driving it away out of sight (a wheeled vehicle)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	iisbąąs	iilbąąs	adeiilbąąs
2nd person	aniłbąąs	oołbąąs	adaałbąąs
3rd person	iiłbąąs		adeiłbąąs
4th person	ajiłbąąs		adajiłbąąs

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	ííłbą́ą́z	iilbą́ą́z	adasiilbą́ą́z
2nd person	ííníłbą́ą́z	oołbą́ą́z	adasoołbą́ą́z
3rd person	ayííłbą́ą́z		adeisbą́ą́z
4th person	ajííłbą́ą́z		adajisbą́ą́z

FUTURE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	adeesbąs	adiilbąs	adadiilbąs
2nd person	adííłbąs	adoołbąs	adadoołbąs
3rd person	iidoołbąs		adeidoołbąs
4th person	azhdoołbąs		adazhdoołbąs

Verbal stems

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

Related terms

• haiłbąąs
• naabąąs
• neiłbąąs
• názbąs
• yiłbąąs
• yisdábąąs
• yisdéíłbąąs
• yoołbąs

See also

• neiłmaas