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English: Then you put in the (someone's) footstrap. |
Mode/Aspect = Transitional (T) + Mode + Perfective (P)
| Conjunction | Object (Possessed Noun) | Prefix Positions | Stem | |||||||||
| Object of Post-position | Post-position | Directional | Gender | Inceptive | Thematic | Mode/Aspect T+Mode+P |
Inner Subject Pronoun | Classifier | ||||
| Morphemes | Yethdi | k'k'ula | be- | -a | ni + it | ne | t | ghe | i + Ø | i | Ø | lał |
| Morpheme Changes | ba | nit | ni | gh | Transitional (T) initiates vowel change to i in all CV morphemes; i deletes to avoid double vowels | |||||||
| e deletes to avoid double vowels | i deletes to avoid double vowels | e changes to i because of Transitional | e deletes to avoid double vowels | |||||||||
| English | Then | someone's footstrap harness; k' = someone's |
it | in contact with O, exerting force against O | at back; ni = in back; |
rope-like object usually sinew or rawhide | imperfect inceptive; begin to | number of small similar actions | future (imperfect inceptive?) | you (singular) |
be (cause to be) Mode: future (imperfect inceptive?) Aspect: neuter |
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| Verb Theme | Gender + Ø classifier + la (root) |
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| Meaning | be (cause to be) |
| Theme Class | Descriptive |
| Type |
| Stem Set: Root = la, Tag = be | ||||
| Mode | ||||
| Aspect | Imperfect | Perfect | Future | Optative |
| Neuter | lan | (le') la' | lał | lah |
| Reversative | lah | lan | lah | lah |
| Transitional | lah | lat | lah | lah |
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