rise (of sun or moon)
Theme:
kei ø-xeex~ (ø motion)
for the sun, moon to rise
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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.