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| Disjunct personal prefixes of position 0 / I
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| Shortcut |
Prefix |
Meaning
|
b |
b- |
3rd person indirect object prefix
|
ádi |
ʼádi- |
reflexive
|
ah-disj |
ʼah- |
reciprocal
|
ał |
ʼał- |
reciprocal
|
| Postpositional prefixes of position I
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| Shortcut |
Prefix |
Meaning
|
-aʼ |
-aʼ |
“lending to”
|
-ą |
-ą |
“beyond, over”
|
-ą́ |
-ą́ |
“passing by, alongside”
|
-ba |
-ba |
“use up, exhaust”
|
-é |
-é |
“about”
|
-ee |
-ee |
“with”
|
-ghá |
-ghá |
“through”
|
-í |
-í |
“against, reaching”
|
-kʼi |
-kʼi |
“on top of”
|
-kʼí |
-kʼí |
“onto”
|
| Disjunct prefixes of position I
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| Shortcut |
Prefix |
Meaning
|
á-comp |
ʼá- |
comparative
|
á-them |
ʼá- |
thematic
|
á-thus |
ʼá- |
thus
|
á-do |
ʼá- |
do
|
a-them |
ʼa- |
thematic
|
a-away |
ʼa- |
away
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ahee |
ʼahee- |
equally
|
cha-dark |
cha- |
darkness
|
chʼí |
chʼí- |
out horizontally
|
da-death |
da- |
disjunct prefix, “death”
|
di-disj |
di- |
disjunct prefix, “into fire”
|
dzídza |
dzídza- |
“into fire”
|
ha |
ha- |
up out
|
ha-up |
ha- |
climbing up
|
ha-them |
ha- |
thematic
|
ha-search |
ha- |
searching for
|
ha-aging |
ha- |
aging
|
ha-complete |
ha- |
completeness
|
kéé |
kéé- |
land
|
kʼi-plant |
kʼi- |
plant
|
kʼí |
kʼí- |
straight
|
kʼí-tip |
kʼí- |
tipped
|
kó |
kó- |
thus
|
łe |
łe- |
“into the ground”
|
łí |
łí- |
extort
|
na |
na- |
atelic, circuital
|
na-across |
na- |
across
|
na-down |
na- |
downward
|
ná-rev |
ná- |
reversionary, “back”
|
ná-around |
ná- |
around
|
ná-up |
ná- |
upward
|
ná-them |
ná- |
thematic
|
náá |
náá- |
semeliterative, “once again”
|
ni-disj |
ni- |
terminative, disjunct
|
so |
so- |
thematic
|
tá-water |
tá- |
water
|
tah |
tah- |
comitative
|
tí-wound |
tí- |
injury, wound
|
tsí-mental |
tsí- |
mental
|
wóʼą |
wóʼą- |
“over an edge”
|
ya |
ya- |
up or down, vertically
|
yá |
yá- |
thematic
|
yá-up |
yá- |
up into the air
|
yisdá |
yisdá- |
to safety
|
| Disjunct prefixes of position II
|
| Shortcut |
Prefix |
Meaning
|
ná-iter |
ná- |
iterative
|
| Personal prefixes of position III
|
| Shortcut |
Prefix |
Meaning
|
da |
da- |
plural
|
| Personal prefixes of position IV / V
|
| Shortcut |
Prefix |
Meaning
|
3o |
y- |
3rd person object prefix
|
4i |
ʼa- |
unspecified person subject prefix
|
a |
ʼa- |
unspecified person object prefix
|
ho |
ho- |
space, area, things
|
di-self |
di- |
reflexive
|
ah |
ʼah- |
reciprocal
|
| Conjunct prefixes of position VI
|
| Shortcut |
Prefix |
Meaning
|
di |
di- |
thematic
|
di-adj |
di- |
adjectival
|
di-color |
di- |
color
|
di-ext |
di- |
extension
|
di-inceptive |
di- |
inceptive
|
di-them |
di- |
thematic
|
di-oral |
di- |
oral
|
di-fire |
di- |
fire
|
di-sense |
di- |
sensory
|
di-legs |
di- |
arms, legs
|
di-holy |
di- |
sanctity
|
di-relinquish |
di- |
relinquish
|
díní |
díní- |
prolongative
|
dini |
dini- |
approximate color
|
dzi |
dzi- |
away into distance
|
hi |
hi- |
seriative
|
hi-them |
hi- |
thematic
|
hí |
hí |
thematic?
|
ji |
ji- |
emotion
|
łi |
łi- |
adjectival
|
ni-adj |
ni- |
adjectival
|
ni-round |
ni- |
round shape
|
ni-term |
ni- |
terminative
|
ni-them |
ni- |
thematic
|
ní-comp |
ní- |
comparative
|
ní-them |
ní- |
thematic
|
nó |
nó- |
thematic
|
sh |
sh- |
angry
|
si-death |
si- |
death
|
yi-them |
yi- |
thematic
|
yi-night |
yi- |
night passes
|
yí |
yí- |
thematic, meaning unclear
|
yíní |
yíní- |
directed at
|
yini |
yini- |
meaning unclear
|
| Modal-personal prefixes of position VII / VIII
|
| Shortcut |
Prefix |
Meaning
|
ni |
ni- |
modal
|
ni-3s-∅ |
∅- |
ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix
|
ni-3s-í |
◌́ |
ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix
|
ni-3s-ee |
ee- |
ni-modal 3rd person subject prefix
|
ni-3s-ní |
ní- |
ni-perfective 3rd person subject prefix
|
si |
si- |
modal
|
si-3s-z |
z- |
si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix
|
si-3s-s |
s- |
si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix
|
si-3s-eez |
eez- |
si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix
|
si-3s-ees |
ees- |
si-perfective 3rd person subject prefix
|
yi-trans |
yi- |
transitional
|
yi-semel |
yi- |
semelfactive
|
yi-prog |
yi- |
progressive
|
yi-prog-oo |
oo- |
yi-progressive 3rd person subject prefix
|
yi |
yi- |
modal
|
yi-3s-oo |
oo- |
yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix
|
yi-3s-íí |
◌́◌́- |
yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix
|
yi-3s-í |
◌́- |
yi-perfective 3rd person subject prefix
|
yi-undef-oo |
oo- |
combining form of an unidentified yi- prefix
|
yini-3s-oo |
oo- |
meaning unclear, combining form of yini- in the 3rd person
|
yíní-3s-ó |
ó- |
“directed at”, combining form of yíní- in the 3rd person
|
yíní-3s-yí |
yí- |
“directed at”, combining form of yíní- in the 3rd person
|
yíní-3s-ní |
ní- |
“directed at”, combining form of yíní- in the 3rd person person
|
| Subject personal prefixes of position VIII
|
| Shortcut |
Prefix |
Meaning
|
3s |
∅- |
3rd person subject prefix
|
y-peg |
y- |
peg element
|
w-peg |
w- |
peg element
|
| Classifiers of position IX
|
| Shortcut |
Prefix |
Meaning
|
∅ |
-∅- |
classifier
|
- |
-∅- |
classifier
|
ł |
-ł- |
classifier
|
ł-them |
-ł- |
classifier, thematic
|
ł-caus |
-ł- |
classifier, causative
|
L |
-ł- |
classifier
|
d |
-d- |
classifier
|
d-them |
-d- |
classifier, thematic
|
d-pass |
-d- |
classifier, passive
|
d-med |
-d- |
classifier, mediopassive
|
d-detrans |
-d- |
classifier, detransitive/anticausative
|
d-refl |
-d- |
classifier, reflexive
|
d-rec |
-d- |
classifier, reciprocal
|
d-shift |
-d- |
classifier, shift triggered by ná-
|
l |
-l- |
classifier
|
l-them |
-l- |
classifier, thematic
|
l-pass |
-l- |
classifier, passive
|
l-passcaus |
-l- |
classifier, passive-causative
|
l-med |
-l- |
classifier, mediopassive
|
l-detrans |
-l- |
classifier, detransitive/anticausative
|
l-refl |
-l- |
classifier, reflexive
|
l-rec |
-l- |
classifier, reciprocal
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