"halbá" meaning in Navajo

See halbá in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: ho- (“space, area, things”) + - łi- (adjectival) + -bá (neuter imperfective stem of the root -BAʼ, “to be gray”) Etymology templates: {{nv-prefix|ho|a}} ho- (“space, area, things”), {{nv-prefix|łi}} - łi- (adjectival), {{nv-prefixes|ho|łi}} ho- (“space, area, things”) + - łi- (adjectival), {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-bá</i>}} -bá, {{nv-link-to-stem|-bá|neuter imperfective}} + -bá (neuter imperfective stem of the, {{nowrap|<i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="nv">-BAʼ</i>}} -BAʼ, {{nv-link-to-root|-BAʼ|gray|to be gray}} root -BAʼ, “to be gray”) Head templates: {{head|nv|verb}} halbá
  1. there is a gray area
    Sense id: en-halbá-nv-verb-xsRGeS1O Categories (other): Navajo entries with incorrect language header, Navajo terms belonging to the root -BAʼ (gray), Navajo terms prefixed with ho-, Navajo terms prefixed with łi-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Navajo entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Navajo terms belonging to the root -BAʼ (gray): 50 50 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with ho-: 64 36 Disambiguation of Navajo terms prefixed with łi-: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. an area is gray
    Sense id: en-halbá-nv-verb-~vr-KGNg Categories (other): Navajo terms belonging to the root -BAʼ (gray) Disambiguation of Navajo terms belonging to the root -BAʼ (gray): 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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        "2": "a"
      },
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      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "łi"
      },
      "expansion": "- łi- (adjectival)",
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    },
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      },
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    },
    {
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      },
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      "name": "nowrap"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ho- (“space, area, things”) + - łi- (adjectival) + -bá (neuter imperfective stem of the root -BAʼ, “to be gray”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
        "2": "verb"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "∅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "d"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-GAII"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "halgai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-BAʼ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-ZHĮ́Į́ʼ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "halzhin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-CHIIʼ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "halchííʼ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-TSOII"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "haltso"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "l"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-TŁʼIIZH"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hodootłʼizh"
    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -BAʼ (gray)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with ho-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms prefixed with łi-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "there is a gray area"
      ],
      "id": "en-halbá-nv-verb-xsRGeS1O",
      "links": [
        [
          "gray",
          "gray"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -BAʼ (gray)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an area is gray"
      ],
      "id": "en-halbá-nv-verb-~vr-KGNg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "halbá"
}
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    "Navajo lemmas",
    "Navajo terms belonging to the root -BAʼ (gray)",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with ho-",
    "Navajo terms prefixed with łi-",
    "Navajo verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "ho",
        "2": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "ho- (“space, area, things”)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "łi"
      },
      "expansion": "- łi- (adjectival)",
      "name": "nv-prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ho",
        "2": "łi"
      },
      "expansion": "ho- (“space, area, things”) + - łi- (adjectival)",
      "name": "nv-prefixes"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-bá</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-bá",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-bá",
        "2": "neuter imperfective"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -bá (neuter imperfective stem of the",
      "name": "nv-link-to-stem"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i class=\"Latn mention nowrap\" lang=\"nv\">-BAʼ</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "-BAʼ",
      "name": "nowrap"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-BAʼ",
        "2": "gray",
        "3": "to be gray"
      },
      "expansion": "root -BAʼ, “to be gray”)",
      "name": "nv-link-to-root"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nv",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "nv",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "∅"
    },
    {
      "word": "d"
    },
    {
      "word": "-GAII"
    },
    {
      "word": "halgai"
    },
    {
      "word": "-BAʼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ZHĮ́Į́ʼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "halzhin"
    },
    {
      "word": "-CHIIʼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "halchííʼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "-TSOII"
    },
    {
      "word": "haltso"
    },
    {
      "word": "l"
    },
    {
      "word": "-TŁʼIIZH"
    },
    {
      "word": "hodootłʼizh"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "there is a gray area"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gray",
          "gray"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an area is gray"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "halbá"
}

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