chop it

Theme: 
O-S-ø-s'óow~ (na act)
for S to chop O (esp. chopping down trees, chopping off branches)
Naish-Story: 
ya-s'oow
Notes: 
Can also be used metaphorically to mean to terminate something.

Paradigm Forms


Imperative (Do it!)
2s: 
Nas'úw!
Chop it!
2p: 
Nays'úw!
You all chop it!

Repetitive imperfective prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s: 
Líl yoo ees'óowguñ!
Don't chop it!
2p: 
Líl yoo yis'óowguñ!
Don't you all chop it!

Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
as'úw
s/he's chopping it; s/he chops it

Imperfective (-) (not doing it; doesn't do it)
3s: 
tlél oos'óow
s/he isn't chopping it; s/he doesn't chop it

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
[does not occur]

Imperfective habitual (+) (always does it)
3s: 
as'úw nooch
s/he always chops it

Perfective (+) (did it)
3s: 
aawas'úw
s/he chopped it

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s: 
tlél awus'óow
s/he didn't chop it

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
[does not occur]

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s: 
tlél oonas'óowch
s/he hasn't chopped it yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
3s: 
akçwas'óow
s/he will chop it

Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s: 
tlél akçwas'óow
s/he won't chop it

Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s: 
anças'óow
let him/her chop it

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
tlél aadé oonçaas'óowu yé
no way can s/he chop it

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
oonças'óowun
s/he would have chopped it

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
anas'úwni
if/when s/he chops it