néígis

== Navajo == === Etymology === ná- (“back”, reversionary) + -y- (3rd person object prefix) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -gis (reversative stem of root -GIZ, “to twist”) === Verb === néígis to turn, twist, crank it in a circle to wind it up ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Reversative (∅/si) === 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