BELUGA HUNTING
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Dena'ina: ch'u bediłkidi ghinhdi ch'ełkuch.
English: and we rendered its blubber into oil.

Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)

  Conjunction Object Demonstrative Pronoun Relative Suffix Prefix Positions Stem
Outer Subject Pronoun Gender Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P		 Classifier
Morphemes ch'u bediłkidi ghin -hdi ch'e Ø z d kuch
Morpheme Changes             z is deleted preceding a ł classifier ł  
d changes to ł to show causation 'to cause something to be'
English and fat of animal (blubber) that then, next we piece of meat, dry fish perfect  

render object, liquefy

Mode: perfect

Aspect: conclusive

Verb Theme Gender + d classifier + kuch, kash(root)
Meaning liquefy, render Object
Theme Class Conversive
Type  

Stem Set: Root = kuch, kash, Tag = liquefy
  Mode
Aspect Imperfect Perfect Future Optative
Conclusive kash kuch kash kish
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