- ****ure
tense Usitative – a
usual or
typical action Iterative – a
recurrent or
repetitive action;
often used
interchangeably with the
usitative Optative –...
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aspect and can be
conjugated in up to
seven modes. For any verb, the
usitative and
iterative modes share the same stem, as do the
progressive and ****ure...
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Imperfective Perfective Progressive- ****ure
Usitative-
iterative Optative Momentaneous kaah ką́ kááł kááh kááł
Continuative ká ką́ kaał kaah kaał Distributive...
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Interrogative [yes/no questions] c̓
Perfective 'now' c̓n
Imperfective 'now' k̓ʷ
Usitative 'usually' mas
Absolutive 'always' ks
Individuative 'the one' łū Persistive...
- causative,
involuntary p****ive, completive, stative, purposive, ****ure,
usitative,
successful completive and so on.
Nouns contain an
initial prefix, pronominal...
- 'unwillingness'
marker UP
upward UR
upriver (cf UH away from the water) USIT
usitative, for usual,
customary or
typical events UTIL
utilitive UV UF undergoer...
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Imperfective Perfective Progressive- ****ure
Usitative-
Iterative Optative Momentaneous ’aah ’ą́ ’ááł ’ááh ’ááł
Continuative ’á ’ą́ ’aał ’aah ’aał Distributive...
- and one for
events that are
generally or
universally true (here
called usitative). This
analysis was
repeated in a 1937
letter to J. B. Carroll, who later...
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prefix Locative prefixes (if applicable) Verb stem
Plural suffix -m or
usitative suffix -u (if applicable)
Infinitive or
emphatic suffix -c (if applicable)...
