Description:

The term 'atap' is an early modern period scientific borrowing from the field of biology that has gained wide currency in the Common language outside the field of science. Its root mean pertains to adaptation.

Verb:

As a verb, 'atap' is a semitransitive noxaj verb with an absolutive entity that is adapting and a dative thing adapted to.

Noun:

As a noun, 'atap' means an adaptation. The derived form 'atapysyn' means adaptation in general rather than a specific adaptation.

Modifier:

The modifier form 'atapys' can mean 'adapted' or 'adaptational' depending on the context of what it applies to.