nátas

Navajo

Etymology

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

Verb

nátas

1. to curl or wrap one's body up (as under a blanket)

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