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lu ‘added to the verb to indicate that the action is performed to frighten someone’
le ‘used to mean ‘ten’ in numerals’
lo  ‘(i) instrumental case marker,
(ii) used in the meaning ‘day’ with other time units,
(iii) added to the verb to indicate that the object goes down as a result of the action,
(iv) added to the verb to indicate the obligation on the part of the doer’
lya ‘(i) added to the verb to indicate that the action is done in an improper way,
(ii) added to the verb to indicate that it is the nature of the doer to act like that’
lya ‘(i) added to the verb to indicate that the action is performed by imitating others,
(ii) added to indicate that the action is performedto set right something/someone’
lyi ‘(i) proximate future marker,
(ii) become (as a regular verb)’
sa ‘(i) added to indicate the suggestive nature of the action,
(ii) added to indicate that the action is performed away from the place of speech act’
si  ‘(i) stands for 3rd person pronoun (proximate),
(ii) added with nouns as a determiner’
s ‘added to the verb to indicate that the action is over’
su ‘indicate the negative attitude of the speakers towards the action’
su ... lo ‘indicates the obligation on the part of the subject, though subject is unwilling’
so ‘used as a classifier when the objects are long and thin’
xa  ‘(i) added with the verb to indicate the failure in achieving the objective of the action,
(ii) added to indicate the persistant nature of  the action’
xa ‘used in numerals to mean ‘ten’ in forming multiples of ‘ten’
x ‘(i) added to the verb to indicate that the purpose of the action is realized.
(ii) added to the verb as a verb particle meaning ‘kill’
xi   ‘added with the verb to indicate that the subject keeps away from the action because of its adverse effect’
 

 

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