yidiłbaał
Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (inceptive) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -baał (imperfective stem of root -BAAL, “to hang curtainlike”).
Verb
yidiłbaał
- he/she is hanging it up (as a dress on a clothesline)
- (esp. in the iterative) he/she is swinging him/her/it (as a child on a swing)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/si).
| IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | dishł | diidł | dadiidł |
| 2nd person | díł | dohł | dadohł |
| 3rd person | yidił | deidił | |
| 4th person | jidił | dazhdił | |
| PERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | débaał | deedbaał | dadeedbaał |
| 2nd person | díníbaał | disoobaał | dadisoobaał |
| 3rd person | yideezbaał | deideezbaał | |
| 4th person | jideezbaał | dazhdeezbaał | |
| FUTURE | singular | duoplural | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | dideeshbaal | didiidbaal | dadidiidbaal |
| 2nd person | didííbaal | didoohbaal | dadidoohbaal |
| 3rd person | yididoobaal | deididoobaal | |
| 4th person | dizhdoobaal | dazhdidoobaal | |
Related terms
- nábał
- náyoołbał
- néíłbał
- níbaal
- sibaal
- yiłbal