rise (of sun or moon)

Theme: 
kei ø-xeex~ (ø motion)
for the sun, moon to rise
Naish-Story: 
kei ya-xeex
Notes: 
This verb can also be used in expressions that don't pertain to the sun or moon, as in: Neekw kei uwaxíx 'News/gossip went around'.

Paradigm Forms


Imperfective (+) (doing it; does it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Progressive imperfective (+) ((in the process of) doing it)
3s: 
kei naxíx
it's rising

Repetitive imperfective (+) (does it (regularly))
3s: 
kei xíxch
it rises (regularly)

Perfective (+) (did it)
3s: 
kei uwaxíx
it rose

Perfective (-) (didn't do it)
3s: 
tlél kei wuxeex
it didn't rise

Perfective habitual (+) (does it (every time))
3s: 
kei uxeexch
it rises (every time)

Perfective habitual (-) (hasn't done it yet)
3s: 
tlél kei uxeexch
it hasn't risen yet

Future (+) (going to do it)
3s: 
kei kçwaxéex
it will rise

Future (-) (not going to do it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Potential attributive (+) (can't do it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Potential decessive (+) (would have done it)
3s: 
[does not occur]

Conditional (+) (if/when s/he does it)
3s: 
kei wuxeexí
if/when it rises

Example(s):

Çagaan kei naxíxi áwé ýwala.úkch wé káaxwei aý léelk'u jeeyís.
When the sun is coming up, I boil the coffee for my grandmother.