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mostly occur after transitive stems except /de-/ occurs after /cl/ ‘move’ an in /cl dItto/ ‘went’. In the language some of the members of the compound verbs show the opposite meanings and in some cases the members showing opposite meanings such as /de-/ ‘give’ /l-/ ‘take’ do not occur together but contrary to this /a-/ ‘come’ /ja-/ ‘go’ can occur together as first and second member however /a-/ cannot occur with /a-/ and /ja-/ cannot occur with /ja/ in the language. Besides the restrictions on first and second member one thing is certain that transitive and intransitive stems as intensifiers can occur with transitives as well as intransitives. Mostly with intransitive stems where /l-/ ‘take’ occurs /de-/ ‘give’ does not occur but with the transitive stems both these intensifiers occur inclusively. The following table will show the combinations:
 

Verbal base as 
 

Intensifiers (as the second member)
 
the first member 

a- 

ja-

 cl-

 cho

de- 

lє-

pc- 

‘reach’ 

-

‘fall’

 -  +  -  -  -

tIlIl 

‘slip’  +  -  -  -  -

lg- 

‘pass’ 

+  +  +  -  -  +

so- 

‘sleep’  +  +  +  -  -  +

r

‘live’

 +  +  -  +

U

‘fly’

 +  +  -  +  +

p

‘fall’

 -  +  +  -  -  +

g

‘be cooked’  -  +  +  -  +

mUk- 

‘be finished’  +  +  -  -  +

a- 

‘come’  +  -  -

ja- 

‘go’  +  -  -  -  -

a- 

ja- 

cIl-  cho de  l

cl-

 ‘move’  +  -  -

Ubb- 

‘drown’

 +  +  -  +

lmka- 

‘lengthen’

 +  +  +  +  +

to

‘break’ 

+  +  +  +  +

kr- 

‘do’ 

+  +  +  +  +

kpp- 

‘cut’

 +

 +

 +  +  +  +

de- 

‘give’  -

l

‘take’

 +  +  +  -  +

ca-

‘left’  +  +  +  +  +

ţ

‘cover’

 +  +  +  +

·ol- 

‘throw’

 +  +  +  +  +  +

pnn- 

‘break’

 +  +  +  +  +

A few examples are given below to state that the tense aspect etc. are marked by the intensifiers:
 

hũ  

y  

k

k

skũ  

  ‘I  can  do  this  work’

5-6  3

hũ  

ja 

réyo 

‘I 

am 

going’

2-3

Usn€  

mero  k lmka  ‘He  increased  my  work’

1-2

 3  1-2  5-6  4

tũ  

pIcch  

r  

jaIye 

‘You 

(please)

 remain  behind’
3-4  2

hũ

 gIIyo

 p choũ   ‘I  may  break  the  pitcher’
3-4  2

wo 

pai

ol 

ayo 

‘He 

poured 

out 

the 

water’

 

 

 

 

 

 

3-4

 

 2

 

 

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