néígis

Etymology

ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -gis (reversative stem of root -GIZ, “to twist”)

Verb

néígis

  1. to turn, twist, crank it in a circle
  2. to wind it up

Conjugation

Paradigm: Reversative (∅/si)

imperfective singular duoplural plural
1st person násgis néiigis ńdeiigis
2nd person nánígis náhgis ńdaahgis
3rd person néígis ńdeigis
4th person ńjígis ńdajigis

References

  • Robert W. Young and William Morgan, Sr. (1987), The Navajo Language. A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 568.
  • Young, Robert; Morgan, William; Midgette, Sally (1992), Analytical lexicon of Navajo, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 207
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