yoołbįįh

Navajo

Etymology

y- (3rd person object prefix) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -ł- (classifier) + -bįįh (imperfective stem of root -BĄ́, “to win”).

Verb

yoołbįįh

1. he/she earns it, wins it as a prize

Conjugation

Paradigm: Momentaneous (∅/si).

IMPERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	wooshbįįh	yiilbįįh	deiilbįįh
2nd person	yiniłbįįh	woołbįįh	daoołbįįh
3rd person	yoołbįįh		dayoołbįįh
4th person	joołbįįh		dajoołbįįh

PERFECTIVE	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	yiséłbą́	yisiilbą́	deisiilbą́
2nd person	yisíníłbą́	yisoołbą́	deisoołbą́
3rd person	yoosbą́		dayoosbą́
4th person	joosbą́		dajoosbą́

Derived terms

• naanish yoołbįįh (“to retire”)

Verbal stems

• IMPERFECTIVE: -bįįh
• PERFECTIVE: -bą́
• FUTURE: -bįįł
• ITERATIVE: -bįįh
• OPTATIVE: -bą́ą́ʼ