joobaʼ
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ji- (“emotion”) + -oo- (meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person) + -∅- (classifier) + -baʼ (neuter imperfective stem of root -BAʼ, “to be kind”).
Verb[edit]
joobaʼ
Conjugation[edit]
Paradigm: Neuter imperfective (∅).
IMPERFECTIVE | singular | duoplural | plural |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | jiinishbaʼ, jooshbaʼ | jiiniibaʼ | dajiiniibaʼ |
2nd person | jiiníbaʼ | jiinohbaʼ | dajiinohbaʼ |
3rd person | joobaʼ | dajoobaʼ | |
4th person | jijoobaʼ | dajijoobaʼ |
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
joobaʼ (possessed form bijoobaʼ)
- mercy, kindness
- Bijoobaʼ éí dahináanii índa daneeznáanii doo yóóʼ iidiʼaah da.
- He had not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. (Ruth 2:20)