Verbal Mood in Tm
-Ø- INDICATIVE
-w- POTENTIAL CONDITIONAL
-y- INTERROGATIVE
-ə- OPTATIVE
-a- VERIDICAL CONDITIONAL
So for these morphemes, the potential conditional and interrogative are always word-final (even after the locative). The optative and veridical conditional affixes have some behavioral peculiarities:
- The vowel will precede a final
-w -y following a nonvowel: /haspkj/ [ŋãspti]
ngaspti 'cut(s)' ~ /haspk<ə>j/ [ŋãspkəj]
ngaspkəy 'may cut' ~ /haspk<a>j/
ngaspnay 'would certainly cut'; /kjØwsw/ [tjuɹu]
tyuru 'slather, wet, moisten, dampen, cover in fluid; paint, write' ~ /kjØws<ə>w/ [tjuɹəw]
tyurəw 'may paint' ~ /kjØws<a>w/ [tjuɹãw]
tyuraw 'would certainly write'.
- If the vowel in the final is the opposite of the morphemic vowel, it ablauts: /jaksa/ [jãksã]
yaksa ~ /jaks<ə>/ [jãksə]
yaksə; /skasap/ [ʃnãɹãm]
snaram ~ /skas<ə>p/ [ʃnãɹəm]
snasəm; /ajkə/ [ãjkə]
aykə ~ /ajk<a>/ [ãjnã]
ayna; /ssapəss/ [
tsãpət]
tsapət ~ /ssap<a>ss/ [
tsãmãt]
tsamat.
- If the vowel in the final is identical to the morphemic vowel, it instead becomes a preposed epenthetic /-h-/ ([-ŋ-] before /a/): /jaksa/ [jãksã]
yaksa ~ /jaks<a>/ [jãksŋã]
yaksnga; [ʃnãɹãm]
snaram ~ /skas<a>p/ [ʃnãsŋãm]
snasngam; /ajkə/ [ãjkə]
aykə ~ /ajk<ə>/ [ãjkhə]
aykhə; /ssapəss/ [
tsãpət]
tsapət ~ /ssap<ə>ss/ [
tsãphət]
tsaphət.
- In cases where an illegal cluster would form, it is generally realized as null.
/pjə kahak-Ø/ [pjə nãŋãn] 'he guts'
/pjə kahak-w/ [pjə nãŋãku] 'he might gut'
/pjə kahak-j/ [pjə nãŋãti] 'does he gut?'
/pjə kahak-ə/ [pjə nãŋãkə] 'may he gut'
/pjə kahak-a/ [pjə nãŋãnã] 'he would certainly gut'
/pjə haspkj-Ø/ [pjə ŋãspti] 'he cuts'
/pjə haspkj-w/ [pjə ŋãsptju] 'he might cut'
/pjə haspkj-j/ [pjə ŋãsptji] 'does he cut?'
/pjə haspk<ə>j/ [pjə ŋãspkəj] 'may he cut'
/pjə haspk<a>j/ [pjə ŋãspnãj] 'he would certainly cut'
/pjə haspkØi/
[pjə ŋãspti]
pyə ngaspti
/pjə haspk<a>j/
[pjə ŋãspnãj]
pyə ngaspnay
- pyə
- 3SG
- haspkØi
- cut
- <a>
- VC
'(that) he would/will (certainly) cut'
Atyə ksəskyə?
/akjə ksəskjə/
[ãtjə ksəʃtjə]
- atyə
- house
- k-
- INC
- s-
- PASS
- əskə
- build
- <j>
- INT
'has the house begun to be built?'
(the builders are relevant somehow)
Atyə ksastyə?
/akjə ksaskjə/
[ãtjə ksãʃtjə]
- atyə
- house
- k-
- INC
- a-
- PSV
- əskə
- build
- <j>
- INT
'has the house started being built?'
(focus is on the house)
Nouns
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