Dig – -ʼndawat-
stawat Dig (spoken to one person)
[stah-wat]
s- imperative + 2nd person singular agent – you (s)
–[1]tawat verb root – dig + imperative aspect
ahaʼndawat He dug.
[ah-hah-an-dah-wat]
a- factual
-ha- masculine singular agent – he
-ˀndawat verb root – dig + punctual aspect
yaʼndawahs She digs
[yah-an-dah-wahs]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – she
-ˀndawa- verb root – dig
-hs habitual aspect
hutindawatih They (m) are digging.
[hoo-teen-dah-wah-teeh]
huti- masculine plural patient – they (m)
-ndawat- verb root – dig
-ih stative aspect
haˀndawastaˀ He digs with it, a shovel, his shovel.
[hah-an-dah-wah-stah-ah]
ha- masculine singular agent – he
-ˀndawa- verb root – dig
-st- causative-instrumental root suffix
-aˀ habitual aspect
[1] With certain verb roots that begin with -nd- the imperative changes that combination to a -t-.