haabá
Navajo
Etymology
ha- (“up out”) + -yi- (modal) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -bá (neuter perfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”).
Verb
haabá
- there is a gray outcropping or patch (on the mountainside)
- Dził bąąh haabá. ― There is a gray patch on the mountainside.
Usage notes
This verb is limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that uses only the perfective stem.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (yi), third person only, with da-shift.
| PERFECTIVE | singular | plural | dist. plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd person | haabá | hadaasbá | |
Related terms
- deesbá
- dinilbá
- dzíbá
- haasbá
- kʼídzíbá
- łibá
- naabá
- naasbá
- násbá
- yiibááh
- yiyiiłbááh