Canoes and Canoeing
gya It is a canoe.
[gyah]
gya feminine-zoic singular agent – it + verb root -to be a canoe + stative aspect
yahǫmahtaˀ canoe
[yah-hon-mah-tah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-hǫmat- noun root – canoe
-aˀ noun suffix
Skahǫmat It is one canoe (Deer clan man’s name)
[skah-hon-mat]
s- repetitive
-ka- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-hǫm- noun root – canoe
–a- joiner vowel
–t verb root – to be one + stative aspect
yangyaˀruˀtaˀ wooden boat or trough for maple sap
[yan-gyah-ah-roo-oo-tah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-ngyaˀruˀt- noun root – wooden boat or trough for maple sap
-aˀ noun suffix
unyǫˀmahšaˀ bird’s beak, tip of a canoe
[oo-yon-on-mah-shah-ah]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient – it
-nyǫˀmahš– noun root – bird’s beak, tip of a canoe
-aˀ noun suffix
yayaweh She is paddling, rowing
[yah-yah-weh]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – she
-yawe- verb root – to paddle, row
-h stative aspect
seyaweh Paddle! Row! (said to one person)
[seh-yah-weh]
se- imperative + 2nd person singular agent – you
-yawe- verb root – to paddle, row
-h imperative aspect
yawehšaˀ paddle, oar
[yah-weh-shah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-yawe- verb root – to paddle, row
-hš- nominalizer
-aˀ noun suffix
hęˀnditǫmas He steers canoes, boats.
[hen-en-dee-ton-mahs]
h- masculine singular agent – he
-ęˀnditǫma[1]– verb root – to steer a boat
-s habitual aspect
ǫmaˀawiˀ We are canoeing, going in a boat.
[on-mah-ah-wee-ee]
ǫma- first person plural patient – we
-ˀawi- verb root – to canoe or sail
-ˀ stative aspect
Yarǫyaˀawiˀ She is paddling, sailing in the sky. (Catherine Coon Johnson’s name, Deer clan).
[yah-ron-yah-ah-ah-wee-ee]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – she
-rǫny- noun root – sky
-a- joiner vowel
-ˀawi- verb root – to canoe or sail
-ˀ stative aspect
[1] The verb root usually ends with a -t-, but not with the habitual aspect.