5.15    Stem alternants

The verb steins having more than one alternant are described on this section.

{o:1}    o:, o:1    ‘to get defeated’

o: occurs before the past tense marker -t-.

o:- t-e >   o:- t-e   ‘I got defeated’

o:l occurs elsewhere.

o:l-u ‘defeat’ o:lumi   ‘you get defeated’

{nil-}    nil-, ni-    ‘to stand’

ni occurs before the past tense markers.

ni-nj-e >   ninje   ‘I stood’

nil- occurs elsewhere.

nil-kinj-e > (R. 10) nikkinj-e   ‘I stand’ nil-p-e > (R. 10) nippe   ‘I will stand’ nil-u > (R. 16) nillu   ‘stand’

{a:-}   a:-, a:g-   ‘to become’

a:- occurs before the tense markers and the transitive marker.

a:-t-a >   a:ta   ‘It became’ a:-v-u >   a:vu   ‘I will become’ a:-k-u >   a:ku   ‘to become’