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See also: liba

Navajo

Etymology

łi- (adjectival)Category:Navajo terms prefixed with łi-#LIBA + -∅-Category:Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts#ŁIBÁ (ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix)Category:Navajo terms prefixed with ni- (modal)#LIBA + -∅- (classifier)Category:Navajo terms in nonstandard scripts#ŁIBÁ Category:Navajo terms prefixed with ∅- (classifier)#LIBA + -bá (neuter imperfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be gray”)Category:Navajo terms belonging to the root -BAʼ (gray)#LIBA.

The łi- prefix appears to have originated historically from the -ł- classifier. When this prefix appears immediately in pre-stem position, it takes the shape of a l- classifier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɬɪ̀pɑ́/Category:Navajo terms with IPA pronunciation#LIBA

Verb

łibáCategory:Navajo lemmas#LIBA Category:Navajo verbs#LIBA Category:Navajo entries with incorrect language header#LIBA Category:Pages with entries#ŁIBÁ Category:Pages with 1 entry#ŁIBÁ

it is gray
Biyázhí neiyéhé łibá ― The (one or two) opossum is gray.Category:Navajo terms with usage examples#LIBA

Biyázhí neiyéhé daalbá ― The (three or more) opossums are gray.Category:Navajo terms with usage examples#LIBA

Usage notes

This is a neuter verb. As such, it has only the imperfective stem.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (ni)Category:Navajo verbs in the neuter imperfective (ni) aspect.

imperfective	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	łinishbá	łiniibá	dałiniibá
2nd person	łiníbá	łinohbá	dałinohbá
3rd person	łibá		daalbá, dałibá
4th person	jilbá		dajilbá

Derived terms

dinilbá (“light gray, light brown”)
gałbáhí (“cottontail”)

łigai	łibá (dark gray: dinilzhin)	łizhin
łichííʼ	łichxíʼí (light orange: diniltsxo); dibéłchíʼí, yishtłizh (dark brown: dinilzhin)	łitso (light yellow: diniltso); dinilgai
	dinooltłʼizh, chʼilgo dootłʼizh
dootłʼizhii	yágo dootłʼizh	dootłʼizh
diłhiłgo dootłʼizh	tsédídéehgo dootłʼizh	dinilchííʼ