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dpyo ‘good to eat’
   
lupyo ‘good to tell’
   
kapyo ‘good to look at/se’
‘ta’ is added along with ‘su’ to indicate that the action is done violating an order/instruction.
insuta ‘to go violating the order’
   
msuta ‘to do violating the order’
   
lusuta ‘to tell violating the order’
‘ka’ is added to indicate that the action is continuing beyond the stipulated or given time
luka ‘talk beyond the given time’
   
dka ‘eat beyond the given time’
   
mka ‘do beyond the alloted time’
‘xa’ is added to indicate the persistent nature of the action.
luxa ‘not to give up talking in adverse circumstances’
dxa ‘not to give up cating  in adverse circumstances’
mxa ‘not to give up working in adverse circumstances’
‘x’ is added to indicate that the purpose of the action is realised. In such constructions, the subject takes the dative case sign.
mi luxt
I-dat. tell-v.p.-p.t.
'I realized the purpose of his telling'

m mxt
I-dat. do-v.p.-p.t.
'I realized the purpose of his doing'
lupy ‘say first’
   
impy ‘go  first’
   
dpy ‘eat first’
‘pyù’ is added to indicate that the action of the subject is degrading to the listener or someone else.
lupy ‘insult by telling’
   
bipy  ‘insult by giving’
   
mipy ‘insult by doing’
‘pye’ is added to indicate the success in achieving the objective of the action.
mpye ‘to succeed in achieving the objective of doing’
   
lupye ‘to succeed in achieving the objective of telling’
   
mempye ‘to succeed in achieving the objective of killing’
‘pó’ is added to indicate that the actionis performed using a short-cut method.
 

 

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