Be Father to -ˀistę
aʼistęh My father (term of address).
[ah-ah-ee-stenh]
huˀistęh He is father to him; his father.
[hoo-oo-ee-stenh]
hu- masculine singular agent + masculine singular patient – he – him
-ˀistę- verb root – be father to
-h stative aspect
haʼistęh He is father to me, my father (term of reference).
[hah-ah-ee-stenh]
ha- masculine singular agent + 1st person singular patient – he – me
-ˀistę- verb root – be father to
-h stative aspect
skwaʼistęh You are father to us, our father. (beginning of the Lord’s Prayer).
[skwah-ah-ee-stenh]
skwa- 2nd person singular agent + 1st person plural patient – you – us
-ˀistę- verb root – be father to
-h stative aspect
žaˀistęh He is father to you; your father.
[zhah-ah-ee-stenh]
ža- masculine singular agent + 2nd person singular patient – he – you
-ˀistę- verb root – be father to
-h stative aspect
yaˀistęhšraˀ father, fatherhood (noun)
[yah-ah-ee-sten-shrah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-ˀistę- verb root – be father to
-hšr- nominalizer
-aˀ noun suffix
huˀistęhšrawastih He is a good father.
[hoo-oo-ee-sten-shrah-wah-steeh]
hu- masculine singular patient – he
–ˀistę- verb root – be father to
-hšr- nominalizer
-a joiner vowel
-wast- verb root – be good, beautiful
-ih stative aspect