d́-äjaŋ

Kott

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔa (“to become”).

Verb

d́-äjaŋ

1. become

Usage notes

• This verb is used as an enclitic to create a synthetic future tense, attached to the bare form of personal adjectives.

Conjugation

Conjugation of d́-äjaŋ

	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	d́-äjaŋ
2nd person singular	d́-au
3rd person singular	d́-äx
1st person plural	d́-äjekantoŋ
2nd person plural	d́-äjekanoŋ
3rd person plural	d́-äjekan
imperative sing.	d́-au
imperative plur.	d́-äjekanoŋ

References

• Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 141