Hide and Seek
Hide -ahseht-
tahatahseht It is where he hid.
[tah-hah-tah-seht]
t- cislocative
-a- factual
-ha- masculine singular agent – he
-t- semi-reflexive
-ahseht verb root – hide + punctual aspect
sahseht Hide (said to one person)
[sah-seht]
s- imperative + 2nd person singular agent – you
-aseht verb root – hide + imperative aspect
ihutahsehtih He is hiding.
[ee-hoo-tah-seh-teeh]
i- partitive
-hu- masculine singular patient – he
-t- semi-reflexive
-ahseht- verb root – hide
-ih stative aspect
hęhǫtahsehtahkwaˀ It will be the place of their (m) hiding.
[heh-hon-tah-seh-tahkwah-ah]
hę- future
-hǫ- masculine plural agent – they (m)
-t- semi-reflexive
-ahseht- verb root – hide
-ahkw- instrumental root suffix
-aˀ punctual aspect
Seek, search for -ihša-
tahesaˀatihšakyeˀ They (m) are coming to look for you (s).
[tah-heh-sah-ah-teeh-shah-kyeh-eh]
t- cislocative
-a- factual
-hesa- masculine plural agent + 2nd person singular patient – they (m) – you (s)
-aˀt- noun root – body
-ihš- verb root – search for + stative aspect
-aky- progressive root suffix
-eˀ purposive aspect
aˀyǫmąąˀtihšaˀ They (f) searched for it (an animal).
[ah-ah-yon-man-an-teeh-shah-ah]
aˀ- factual
-yǫmą- feminine-zoic plural agent + feminine-zoic singular patient – it
-ąˀt- noun root – body
-ihša- verb root – search for
-ˀ punctual aspect
iwihšas She is searching for it.
[ee-weeh-shas]
iw- partitive
-ihša- feminine-zoic singular agent – she + verb root – search
-s habitual aspect
ahariwihšaˀ He searched for, inquired about a matter.
[ah-hah-ree-weeh-shah-ah]
a- factual
-ha- masculine singular agent – he
-riw noun root – matter
-ihša- verb root – search
-ˀ punctual aspect