cut it up; carve it; slice it
Theme:
O-ka-S-ø-xaash~ (ça event)
for S to cut O in several pieces; for S to carve O (on surface); for S to slice O (e.g., bread)
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Naish-Story:
ka-ya-xaash Paradigm Forms
Imperative (Do it!)
2s:
Kaçaxaash!
Cut it up!
2p:
Kaçayxaash!
You all cut it up!
Prohibitive (Don't do it!)
2s:
Líl yei keexáshjiñ!
Don't cut it up!
2p:
Líl yei kayxáshjiñ!
Don't you all cut it up!
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s:
[does not occur]
Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
1s:
yei kanýaxásh
I am cutting it up
3s:
yei akanaxásh
s/he is cutting it up
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
1s:
yei kaýaxáshch
I cut it up (regularly)
3s:
yei akaxáshch
s/he cuts it up (regularly)
Perfective (+) (did it)
1s:
kaýwaaxaash
I cut it up
3s:
akaawaxaash
s/he cut it up
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
1s:
tlél kaýwaxaash
I didn't cut it up
3s:
tlél akawuxaash
s/he didn't cut it up
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
1s:
kañaxáshch
I cut it up (every time)
3s:
akaçaxáshch
s/he cuts it up (every time)
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
1s:
tlél kooñaxaashch
I haven't cut it up yet
3s:
tlél akooçaxaashch
s/he hasn't cut it up yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
1s:
yei kakñwaxáash
I will cut it up
3s:
yei akakçwaxáash
s/he will cut it up
Future (-) (not going to do it)
1s:
tlél yei kakñwaxaash
I won't cut it up
3s:
tlél akakçwaxaash
s/he won't cut it up
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
1s:
kañaañaxaash
let me cut it up
3s:
akaçaaçaxaash
let him/her cut it up
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
1s:
tlél aadé kooñaañaaxaashi yé
no way can I cut it up
3s:
tlél aadé akooçaaçaaxaashi yé
no way can s/he cut it up
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
1s:
kooñaañaxaashín
I would have cut it up
3s:
akooçaaçaxaashín
s/he would have cut it up
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
1s:
kaýwaxaashí
if/when I cut it up
3s:
akawuxaashí
if/when s/he cuts it up
Example(s):
Sakwnéin akaawaxaash.
She sliced the bread.
Ñut akaawaxaash du tuñatáali.
She cut (the pattern for) her pants out wrong.
Aatlein gán áwé akaawaxaash táakwni yís.
He cut up a lot of wood for winter.