Footwear
ahkwaʼ shoe
[ah-kwah-ah]
ahkw- feminine-zoic singular agent – it + noun root – shoe
-aˀ noun suffix
teyahkwaseʼ my new shoes.
[teh-yah-kwah-she-eh]
te- dualic
-y- 1st person singular agent – my
-ahkw- noun root – shoe
-ase- verb root – be new
-ˀ stative aspect
teyahkwayaǫhk- my old shoes
[teh-yah-kwah-yah-onhk]
te- dualic
-y- 1st person singular agent – my
-ahkw- noun root – shoe
-a- joiner vowel
-yaǫhk verb root – be old + stative aspect
arahšu It is a moccasin.
[ah-rah-shoo]
arahšu feminine-zoic singular agent – it + verb root – be a moccasin
+ stative aspect
yanyǫhraʼ snowshoe(s)
[yan-yonh-rah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent
-nyǫhr- noun root – snowshoe(s)
-aˀ noun suffix
kwatutsindehtih She is skating.
[kwah-too-tseen-deh-teeh]
kw- dualic
-atutsindeht- verb root – skate
-ih stative aspect