yibadooghááh
Navajo
Etymology
b- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ba- (“use up, exhaust” ) + -di- (thematic)
- -Ø- (classifier) + -ááh (imperfective stem of root -YÁ, “to go — 1 actor”)
- -Ø- (classifier) + -ʼaash (imperfective stem of root -ʼÁÁZH, “to go — 2 actors”)
- -d- (classifier) + -kááh (imperfective stem of root -KAI, “to go — 3 actors”)
Verb
yibadooghááh
- to go through it, use it all up, use every last bit of it, exhaust it, finish it (for example, money, a quantity of food)
- to go through it (an ordeal or challenge)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi), with some irregularities.
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
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1st person | bibadooshááh | bibadiitʼaash | bibadookááh |
2nd person | bibadoónááh | bibadoohʼaash | bibadoohkááh |
3rd person | yibadooghááh | yibadiʼaash | yibadookááh |
4th person | bibazhdooghááh | bibazhdiʼaash | bibazhdookááh |
PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | bibadéyá | bibadeetʼáázh | bibadeekai |
2nd person | bibadíníyá | bibadisooʼáázh | bibadisoohkai |
3rd person | yibadooyá | yibazdoozhʼáázh | yibadooskai |
4th person | bibazhdooyá | bibazdoozhʼáázh | bibazdooskai |
FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
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1st person | bibadideeshááł | bibadidiitʼash | bibadidiikah |
2nd person | bibadidíínááł | bibadidoohʼash | bibadidoohkah |
3rd person | yibadidoogááł | yibadidooʼash | yibadidookah |
4th person | bibadizhdoogááł | bibadizhdooʼash | bibadizhdookah |
ITERATIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
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1st person | bibańdíshdááh | bibańdiitʼash | bibańdiikah |
2nd person | bibańdídááh | bibańdóhʼash | bibańdóhkah |
3rd person | yibańdídááh | yibańdíʼash | yibańdíkah |
4th person | bibanízhdídááh | bibanízhdíʼash | bibanízhdíkah |
OPTATIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
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1st person | bibadóshaʼ | bibadootʼaash | bibadookááh |
2nd person | bibadóóyaʼ | bibadoohʼaash | bibadoohkááh |
3rd person | yibadóyaʼ | yibadóʼaash | yibadókááh |
4th person | bibazhdóyaʼ | bibazhdóʼaash | bibazhdókááh |