[Python] Enumerate a slice with negative indices

I want to iterate over and enumerate the last few items of a list:

>>> a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
>>> [c for c, i in enumerate(a[-3:], -3)]
[-3, -2, -1]
>>> [c for c, i in enumerate(list(a[-3:]))]
[0, 1, 2]
>>> [c for c, i in islice(enumerate(a), -5)]
ValueError: Indices for islice() must be None or an integer: 0 <= x <= sys.maxsize.


So how do I get enumerated [3, 4, 5] using negative indices?

Example:

for i, j in enumerate(...):
print(i, j)


where ... contains a slice expression with only negative indices should give:

0 3
1 4
2 5

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