nàngwpukna (~ya) vr.p. jerk oneself, jump from being startled, suffer a spasmodic motion, as in sleep. ~t pu' suqtuptu. After a spastic motion, she got up quickly. — Pas nu' ~. I really startled myself (I thought I saw someone behind me). — Pay yaw pam tsawnaqe pam yaw oovi ~kyangw pay yaw pam naatatayna. She became frightened and as she jerked herself, she woke up. nа-̀ngwpu-k-na [REFL-startle-SGL-CAUS] Var. nàngpukna. Cf. wùupukna, startle, frighten.
The University of Arizona Press, 1997, Arizona, 0-8165-1789-4
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