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English: He shot a moose. |
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Object |
Demonstrative Pronoun |
Object of Postposition |
Post-position |
Prefix Positions |
Stem |
| Object Pronoun |
Outer Subject Pronoun |
Gender |
Mode/Aspect
T+Mode+P |
Classifier |
| Morphemes |
Dnigi |
ghen |
ye- |
-eł |
k'e |
Ø |
de |
ghe + i |
ł |
tetl' |
| Morpheme Changes |
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ye-+-eł= yeł |
k' |
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da |
i deletes to avoid double vowels; ghe deletes when preceded by Ce; Ce changes to Cu |
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| e deletes to avoid double vowels |
e deletes when preceding a morpheme boundary |
inserted u changes to a, Proto-Athabascan form |
| English |
Moose |
the thing that |
it |
with |
it |
he |
actions of the hand involving an instrument |
perfect |
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shoot object with gun
Mode: perfect
Aspect: onomatopoetic
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| Verb Theme |
Object + d Gender + ł classifier + tutl' (root) |
| Meaning |
shoot object (gun), shoot object with gun, make crackling, bursting, exploding, popping noise |
| Theme Class |
operative-onomatopoetic |
| Type |
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| Stem Set: Root = tutl', tetl' Tag = explode |
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Mode |
| Aspect |
Imperfect |
Perfect |
Future |
Optative |
| Neuter |
tetl' |
tetl' |
tetl' |
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| Semelfactive |
teł |
teł |
tił |
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| Onomatopoetic |
tetl' |
tetl' |
tetl' |
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| Momentaneous |
tuł |
tutl' |
teł |
tuł |
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