-BAAʼ

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *wâˑx̣, *əbaˑ. Cognate with Lower Tanana ba, Wailaki bah.

Root

-BAAʼ

  1. to raid, make war

Stem set

Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Iterative Optative
Momentaneous -bááh -baaʼ -bah -bah -bááh
Continuative -baah -baaʼ -bah -bah -baah
Diversitative -baah -baaʼ -bah -bah -baah
Cursive -bááh, -bah

See also Appendix: Roots and stems derivation.

Derived terms

Navajo terms belonging to the root -BAAʼ (raid)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 44