názbąs
Navajo
Etymology
ná- (“around”) + -z- (si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix) + -Ø- (classifier) + -bąs (neuter perfective stem of root -BĄ́Ą́Z, “to roll”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɑ́zpɑ̃̀s/
Audio (NV) (file)
Usage notes
This verb is semantically limited to expression in the third person.
This is a neuter verb that only uses the imperfective mode.
Conjugation
Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si), third person only.
| PERFECTIVE | singular | plural | dist. plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd person | názbąs | názbąs | ńdaazbąs |
Numeral
názbąs
The zero sense appears to have evolved in reference to the shape of the number, similar to oh in English usage.
Synonyms
See also
- (cardinals from zero to forty-nine) názbąsdóó dízdįįnáhástʼéijįʼ ánéeltʼeʼ wóltaʼ; názbąs, tʼááłáʼí, naaki, tááʼ, dį́į́ʼ, ashdlaʼ, hastą́ą́, tsostsʼid, tseebíí, náhástʼéí, neeznáá, łaʼtsʼáadah, naakitsʼáadah, tááʼtsʼáadah, dį́į́ʼtsʼáadah, ashdlaʼáadah, hastą́ʼáadah, tsostsʼidtsʼáadah, tseebíítsʼáadah, náhástʼéítsʼáadah, naadiin, naadįįłaʼ, naadįįnaaki, naadįįtááʼ, naadįįdį́į́ʼ, naadįįʼashdlaʼ, naadįįhastą́ą́, naadįįtsostsʼid, naadįįtseebíí, naadįįnáhástʼéí, tádiin, tádiin dóó baʼąą tʼááłáʼí, tádiin dóó baʼąą naaki, tádiin dóó baʼąą tááʼ, tádiin dóó baʼąą dį́į́ʼ, tádiin dóó baʼąą ashdlaʼ, tádiin dóó baʼąą hastą́ą́, tádiin dóó baʼąą tsostsʼid, tádiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí, tádiin dóó baʼąą náhástʼéí, dízdiin, dízdįįłaʼ, dízdįįnaaki, dízdįįtááʼ, dízdįįdį́į́ʼ, dízdįįʼashdlaʼ, dízdįįhastą́ą́, dízdįįtsostsʼid, dízdįįtseebíí, dízdįįnáhástʼéí [edit]
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