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Root Morphemes 

Alternants  Examples

kha- 

‘cat’ 

khad- 

/khado/ ‘ate’ (mas.sg.)

khy- 

/khy/ ‘(he) may eat’

kha-

 /khaũ/ (I) may eat

so 

‘sleep’

 

/sUtto/ ‘slept (mas.sg.)
so-

/soo/ ‘to sleep’

/soũ/ (I) may sleep’

(Ip.sg.)

de- 

‘give’  dItt-  /dItto/ ‘gave’ (mas.sg.)
/dItti/ ‘gave’ (fem.sg.)
dy-  /dyũ/ (I) may give (Ip.sg.)
d /dIye/ ‘(please) give’

(IIp.sg.)

de 

/detó/ ‘give’

/desũ/ ‘shall give’ (Ip.sg.)

/deo/ ‘to give’

l   ‘take’  lI-  /kIyo/ ‘took’ (mas. sg.)

ly-

 /lyũ/ ‘(I) may take’

le 

/leto/ ‘take’ (imperf.)

l

/lo/ ‘to take’ (inf.)

b

‘sit’

bh

/bho/ ‘sat’ (mas.sg.)

bs-  /bsũ/ ‘(I) may sit’

/bs/ ‘(you sg.) sit’

/bsto/ ‘sit’ (imperf.)

nss- 

‘run’ 

nh

/nho/ ‘ran’ (mas.sg.)

nss-

 /nssũ/ (I) may sit

‘fall’ 

th

/ho/ ‘fell’ (mas.sg.)

ţ

// ‘(he) may fall’

// ‘(we) may fall’ 

/o/ ‘to fall’

dekh

‘see’ 

Ih

/Iho/ ‘saw’ (mas. sg.)

Root Morphemes 

Alternants 

Examples

dekh

/dekhũ/ ‘(I) may see’

kr- 

‘do’ 

kI-  /kIyo/ ‘did’ (mas.sg.)

/ki/ ‘did’ (fem. sg.)

kr- 

/krũ/ ‘(I) may do’

/krto/ ‘do’ (imperf.)

ja- 

‘go’ 

ge- 

/geyo/ ‘went’ (mas.sg.)

g

/gi/ ‘went’ (fem.sg.)

jy- /jy/ ‘may go’

(IIp & IIIp. sg.)

/jy/ ‘may go’

(II & IIIp.pl.)

/jaũ/ ‘may go’ (Ip.sg.)

p-

 ‘fall, 

pw- 

/pwgo/ ‘shall fall’

attack’ 

(II & III mas.sg.)

pe- 

/peyo/ ‘fell, attacked’

(mas.sg.)

/pei/ ‘fell’ (fem.sg.)

p

/pũ/ ‘may fall’ (Ip.sg.)

p

/pto/ (mas.sg.imperf.)

/psũ/ (Ip.sg.fut.)

l- ’

come  ltth /lttho/ ‘came down
down’

 (mas.sg.)

l

/lũ/ ‘(I) may come down’

/lIye/ (Please) come down’

l

/lto/ (mas.sg.imperf.)

/lo/ (mas. sg.inf.)

ho- 

‘be’, 

w

/w, w w/ (contingent

forms) wgo (future)

ho- 

/hoo,/ (infinitive)

/hoto, hota/

(imperfective)

 

 

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