haamáás
Navajo
Etymology
ha- (“up out”) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -máás (imperfective stem of root -MÁÁZ, “to roll”).
Verb
haamáás
- he/she/it is rolling up out (as out of a hole, a box or snow)
Conjugation
Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/yi), with da-shift.
imperfective | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | haasmáás | haiiʼmáás | hadeiiʼmáás |
2nd person | hanimáás | haahmáás | hadaahmáás |
3rd person | haamáás | hadaamáás | |
4th person | hajimáás | hadajimáás |