Distributive Root Suffix
The distributive root suffix (ds) means ‘many, many times, many places, a lot.’ It typically takes a form that includes an -ǫ- at the end.
ąhšaˀkǫˀ You broke it in many pieces.
[anh-shah-ah-kon-on]
ą- factual modal
-hš- 2nd person singular agent ‘you’
aˀ- semi-reflexive voice
-k- verb root ‘to break’
-ǫ- distributive root suffix ‘many’
-ˀ punctual aspect
hahšrǫgyanǫˀ He has prepared, is preparing many things.
[hah-shron-gya-non-on]
ha- masculine singular agent ‘he’
-hšrǫgya- verb root ‘to prepare’
-nǫ- distributive root suffix ‘many’
-ˀ stative aspect
ątehskwahehšǫnyǫhs ne kǫmęhtą[n]dih d henǫmęnyęhtiˀ
she dislikes many those they (m) try to have her who they are young men
taˀungya[n]dih
for a long time
She dislikes for a long time those many young men trying to have her.
ątehskwahehšǫnyǫhs She dislikes many.
[an-teh-skwah-hen-shon-nyon-nonhs]
ąte- feminine-zoic singular agent ‘she’
-hskwahe- verb root ‘to prepare’
-šǫnyǫ- distributive root suffix ‘many’
-hs habitual aspect
aˀwatindaˀtarǫhtǫnyǫˀ They (f) baked a lot of bread.
[ah-ah-wah-teen-dah-ah-tah-ronh-ton-nyon-on]
aˀw- factual
-ati- feminine-zoic plural agent ‘they’
-ndaˀtar- noun root ‘bread’
-ǫht- verb root ‘to put in fire’
-ǫnyǫ- dislocative root suffix ‘many, a lot’
-ˀ punctual aspect
aˀtaętǫnyǫˀ He put many things in many places
[ah-ah-tah-en-ton-nyon-on]
aˀ factual
-t- cislocative
a- masculine singular agent ‘he’
-ę- verb root ‘to put’
-t- causative root suffix
-ǫnyǫ- distributive root suffix ‘many’
-ˀ punctual aspect
atǫngyaˀnǫh She made many things.
[ah-ton-gyah-an-onh]
at- feminine-zoic singular agent + semi-reflexive voice
-ǫngy- verb root – to make
-aˀnǫ- distributive root suffix -‘many’
-h stative aspect
tayatakyanǫnyǫhǫh We two (x) are talking a lot.
[tah-yah-tah-kyan-on-yon-hon]
t- dualic
-ay- 1st person dual agent: ‘we (x) two’
-ataky- verb root – to talk
-anǫnyǫh- distributive root suffix ‘a lot’
-ǫh stative aspect
uˀrahǫnyǫh It is several nights.
[oo-oo-rah-hon-yonh]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient
-ˀra- verb root – to be night
-hǫnyǫ- distributive root suffix – ‘several’
-h stative aspect