yiibał

Etymology

yi-sem- (thematic) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -bał (semelfactive stem of root -BAAL, “to hang curtainlike”).

Verb

yiibał

  1. it flaps, waves once (as a blanket in the wind)

Conjugation

Paradigm: Semelfactive (∅/si), third person only.

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 48
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