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ma ‘(i) used as a negative marker,
   
  (ii) verb (indicates negative)’
   
   
mi ‘(i) used as accusative case marker,
   
  (ii) used as dative case marker’
   
  (iii) used as a sequential verb added to another verb to mean ‘put out fire’
   
   
mi ‘(i) added to indicate that the doer is successful in doing the action.
   
  (ii) added to indicate that the action is done without any specific aim’
   
   
myo  ‘added to the verb to indicate that the action is  performed in advance’
   
yi ‘added to the verb to indicate that the subject is moving to a higher plane’
   
yo ‘(i) used with the meaning ‘night’ along with other elements,
   
  (ii) added to the verb to form prohibitive constructions’
   
   
ra ‘(i) added to the verb to indicate the continuity of the action,
   
  (ii) added to indicate that the work is incomplete and has to be completed’
   
ri ‘added to the verb to indicate that the work is at the initial/starting stage’
   
ru  ‘(i) added to the verb to indicate the intolerable / bad aspect of the action,
   
  (ii) added to indicate the difficulty that the doer experiences in performing the action’
   
   
re ‘added to indicate the action in performed in excess’
   
ro ‘(i) used as a classifier with adverbs,
   
  (ii) used as an adjective meaning ‘big’ and occurs with a classifier’
   
  (iii) used as a noun to mean ‘morning’ and occurs with other time units’
   
   
la  ‘(i) used as a conjoining marker with nouns and numerals,
   
  (ii) added in numerals with the meaning ‘ten’ to form multiples of ‘hundred,
   
  (iii) added to the verb to indicate that the doer is an expert in performing the action,
   
  (iv) used to form adverbial clauses (verbal participles)’
   
   
li ‘used to mean ‘evening’ with other elements’
   
lu ‘added to the verb to indicate that the action has affected another action unfavorably’
 

 

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