yinátas

Etymology

bi- (3rd person indirect object prefix) + -ná- (“back”, reversionary) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -tas (reversative stem of root -TAAZ, “to bend”)

Verb

yinátas

  1. to curl one's body around

Conjugation

Paradigm: Reversative (∅/si)

References

  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 493
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