yiłbąąs

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -Ø- (3rd person subject prefix) + -ł- (classifier, causative) + -bąąs (imperfective stem of root -BĄ́Ą́Z, “to roll”).

Verb

yiłbąąs

he/she rolls it (a hoop, wheel, or something on wheels), is rolling it (a hoop, wheel, or something on wheels), is driving it (a wheeled vehicle)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (Ø/yi), with da-shift.

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yisbąąs	yiilbąąs	deiilbąąs
2nd person	niłbąąs	wołbąąs	daałbąąs
3rd person	yiłbąąs		deiłbąąs
4th person	jiłbąąs		dajiłbąąs

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yíłbą́ą́z	yiilbą́ą́z	—
2nd person	yíníłbą́ą́z	woołbą́ą́z	—
3rd person	yiyííłbą́ą́z		—
4th person	jííłbą́ą́z		—

Verbal stems

IMPERFECTIVE: -bąąs
PERFECTIVE: -bą́ą́z
FUTURE: -bąs
ITERATIVE: -bąs
OPTATIVE: -bąąs

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