lay eggs; nest
Theme:
a-d-l-k'waat'~ (na event)
for birds to lay eggs, nest
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Naish-Story:
dli-k'wát' Notes:
Note that the verb in the example sentence here: ilk'wát'ý is the intransitive repetitive form, while the repetitive form given above: alk'wát'ý is transitive. The difference is that the transitive form focuses more on the object (in this case, the egg). For example, alk'wát'ý could be translated as 'it lays eggs' while ilk'wát'ý could be translated as 'it reproduces (in the form of an egg)'.
Paradigm Forms
Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s:
[does not occur]
Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s:
alk'wát'ý
it lays eggs (regularly)
Perfective (+) (did it)
3s:
awdlik'wát'
it laid an egg
Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s:
tlél awulk'waat'
it didn't lay an egg
Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s:
[does not occur]
Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s:
tlél oonalk'wát'ch
it hasn't laid an egg yet
Future (+) (going to do it)
3s:
akçwalk'wáat'
it will lay an egg
Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s:
[does not occur]
Hortative (+) (let him/her do it)
3s:
ançalk'wát'
let it lay an egg
Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s:
tlél aadé oonaýdlik'wát'i yé
no way can it lay an egg
Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s:
oonçwalk'wát'in
it would have laid an egg
Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s:
awulk'waat'í
if/when it lays an egg
Example(s):
Tlél aadé oonaýdlik'wát'i yé a yáanáý woowáat.
There's no way it can lay an egg, it's too old.
Oonçwalk'wát'in yilidlékw ñu.aa.
It would have laid an egg, but you scared it off.