Frequentative Root Suffix
The frequentative root suffix is only found once in the Narratives but is often found in Potier’s dictionary. As the name suggests, it refers to something being done frequently (more so than is indicated by the habitual aspect). It only takes the stative aspect, always having the patient as subject. It takes the form -skǫ-.
hamęskǫ՚ He talks all the time.
[ham-en-skon-on]
ham- masculine singular patient ‘he’
-ę- verb root ‘to say’
-skǫ– frequentative root suffix
-՚ stative aspect
ayeriskǫh d ariwaerit tataˀu
I frequently wish the I accomplished a matter anything anything
ǫnyątarahaˀ
they (ind) asked of me
I frequently wish to accomplish everything that people ask of me.
ayeriskǫh I frequently wish
[ah-yeh-ree-skonh]
ay- 1st person singular patient ‘I’
-eri- verb root ‘to wish’
-skǫ- frequentative root suffix
-h stative aspect