chop it
Theme:
O-S-ø-s'óow~ (na act)
for S to chop O (esp. chopping down trees, chopping off branches)
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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