Navajo
Etymology
y- (3rd person object prefix) + -di- (inceptive) + ∅- (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 (∅/si).
| imperfective
|
singular
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duoplural
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plural
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| 1st person
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dishbaał
|
diilbaał
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dadiilbaał
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| 2nd person
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díłbaał
|
dołbaał
|
dadołbaał
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| 3rd person
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yidiłbaał
|
deidiłbaał
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| 4th person
|
jidiłbaał
|
dazhdiłbaał
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| perfective
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singular
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duoplural
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plural
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| 1st person
|
déłbaal
|
deelbaal
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dadeelbaal
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| 2nd person
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díníłbaal
|
disoołbaal
|
dadisoołbaal
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| 3rd person
|
yideesbaal
|
deideesbaal
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| 4th person
|
jideesbaal
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dazhdeesbaal
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| future
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singular
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duoplural
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plural
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| 1st person
|
dideeshbał
|
didiilbał
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dadidiilbał
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| 2nd person
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didííłbał
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didoołbał
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dadidoołbał
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| 3rd person
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yididoołbał
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deididoołbał
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| 4th person
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dizhdoołbał
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dazhdidoołbał
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