niimas

== Navajo == === Etymology === ni- (“round shape”) + -yi- (semelfactive, punctual) + ∅- (3rd person subject prefix) + -∅- (classifier) + -mas (semelfactive imperfective stem of root -MÁÁZ, “to roll”). The stem -máás (“globular, spherical, ball-like shape”) is cognate with -bą́ą́z (“hooplike, ringlike shape”), and they have the same origin, which possibly is Proto-Athabaskan *wątsʼ (“roll”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nìːmɑ̀s/ === Verb === niimas he/she/it is rolling up into a ball, is curling up (a cat, a person in a bed) ==== Conjugation ==== Paradigm: Semelfactive (yii/si). ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== iiłbąąs