Fish and Fishing
Fish -yętsǫ-
yętsǫˀ It is a fish.
[yen-tson-on]
yętsǫ- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’ + verb root ‘to be a fish’
-՚ stative aspect
yętsǫˀtaˀ fish
[yen-tson-on-tah-ah]
yętsǫˀ feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’ + verb root ‘to be a fish’
-t- nominalizer
-aˀ noun suffix
aˀitsǫˀtamęh I have a fish.
[ah-ah-ee-tson-on-tah-menh]
aˀ- 1st person singular patient – ‘I’
-itsǫˀ- verb root ‘to be a fish’
-t- nominalizer
-a- noun suffix
-mę- verb root ‘to have’
-h stative aspect
yaˀndutsaˀ ear of corn , sunfish
[yah-an-doo-tsah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’
-ˀnduts- noun root ‘ear of corn, sunfish’
-aˀ noun suffix
uwistaˀ fish scales, metal, money
[oo-wee-stah-ah]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-wist- noun root ‘fish scales’
-aˀ noun suffix
Fishing
usteˀsaraˀ thorn, spine, hook
[oo-steh-eh-sah-rah-ah]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient – ‘it’
-steˀsar- noun root – thorn, spine, hook
-aˀ noun suffix
ęta՚ stick, fishing pole
[en-tah-ah]
-ęt- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’ + noun root ‘stick, fishing pole’
-a՚ noun suffix
yętsaˀ bait (for fishing)
[yen-tsah-ah]
yęts- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’ + noun root ‘bait’
-aˀ noun suffix
hunditsunǫh He is putting bait in water, going fishing.
[hoon-dee-tsoo-nonh]
hu- masculine singular patient ‘he’
-nd- semi-reflexive voice
-its- noun root ‘bait’ (for fishing)
-u- verb root ‘to be in water’
-nǫ- distributive root suffix, ‘many times, many places’
-h stative aspect
yętsarawih it is bait on a hook
[yen-tsah-rah-weeh]
yęts- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘it’ + noun root ‘bait’
-a- noun suffix
-ra- verb root ‘to be with’
-w- transitive root suffix
-ih stative aspect
tsiˀnǫmą worm
[tsee-non-manh]
uyaraˀ bark made into fishing line or a fish net
[oo-yah-rah-ah]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-yar- noun root ‘fishing line or net’
-aˀ noun suffix
uyaruwih It is a net in water, a fishing line in water.
[oo-yah-roo-weeh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient ‘it’
-yar- noun root ‘net or line’
-u- verb root ‘to be in water’
-w- transitive root suffix
-ih stative aspect