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English: "cottonwood and I are both tall |
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Subject |
Prefix Positions |
Stem |
| Adverb |
Distributive Plural |
Outer Subject Pronoun |
Gender |
Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P |
Classifier |
| Morphemes |
eseni |
de |
n |
ch'e |
Ø |
ghe |
ł |
kegh |
| Morpheme Changes |
usually written as esni in outer dialect |
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indicates plurality; means plural subjects in neuter aspect |
ch'u |
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ghe deletes when preceded by a consonant + e (Ce) |
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| ghe preceded by consonant + e (Ce): ghe deletes, e changes to u |
| English |
cottonwood |
off the ground, on a raised surface |
distributive plural with singular stem means "two" |
we |
elongated object |
imperfect |
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be tall
Mode: imperfect
Aspect: neuter
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| Verb Theme |
(complement) Gender + ł classifier + kegh, kugh (root) |
| Meaning |
be big, large, tall, high, great in quantity or volume |
| Theme Class |
dimensional |
| Type |
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| Stem Set: Root = kugh, kegh, Tag = big |
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Mode |
| Aspect |
Imperfect |
Perfect |
Future |
Optative |
| Neuter |
kegh |
kegh/kugh |
kegh/kugh |
kegh/kugh |
| Transitional |
kih/kigh |
keh |
kaa |
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