Water Words
amęn It is water.
[ah-men]
am- feminine-zoic singular patient – it
-ę verb root – be water + stative patient
yandehkwaʼ water, liquid
[yan-deh-kwah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-ndekw- noun root – water
-aˀ noun suffix
undaʼut It is a spring, fountain, source of water.
[oon-dah-ah-oot]
u- feminine-zoic singular patient – it
-ndaˀut[1] verb root – be a spring, fountain + stative aspect
yakyǫmaˀ creek, stream
[yah-kyon-mah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-kyǫm- noun root – creek, stream
-aˀ noun suffix
yanhdawaʼ river
[yanh-dah-wah-ah]
ya- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-nhdaw- noun root – river
-aˀ noun suffix
kyunhdawędih It is where a river is falling, waterfall.
[kyoonh-dah-wen-deeh]
ky- cislocative – where
-u- feminine-zoic singular patient – it
-ndaw- noun root – fiver
-ę- verb root – fall
-d- inchoative root suffix
-ih stative aspect
u (verb root ) be in water (needs to have a noun with it)
[oo]
karǫtuh Where a tree, log, pole is in water.
[kah-ron-tooh]
k- cislocative – where
-a- feminine-zoic singular agent – feminine-zoic singular agent
-rǫt- noun root – tree, log, pole
-u- verb root – be in water
-h stative aspect
ǫtaraˀ lake
[on-tah-rah-ah]
ǫtar- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-aˀ noun suffix
ǫtarižuh It is a great, large lake
[on-tah-ree-zhooh ]
ǫtar- feminine-zoic singular agent – it
-ižu- verb root – be large, great
-h stative aspect
[1] There is some chance that this word literally means ‘standing river’.