Lesson 7    

1 – Vocabulary and minor sound rule   5 – Marking verbs from nouns:   the suffix –i
2 – The past tense marker –wa   6 – Two ways of saying "to have"
3 – CVC Reduplication   7 – A few more prefixes
4 – hi with names    

Vocabulary

Nouns   necklace el  
el "necklace"   (wooden) bowl
  nuy "grime, grunge, dirt"
pilkuy
  pilkuy "(wooden) bowl"    
  qo "pet"
pet
earring(s)
  
  pax "skin"
wife
  suwayan   "earring"
  talik "wife
qo
suwayan  
         
talik     
Verbs        
  ackaw "to make a mistake, do or get something wrong" to make a mistake, do or get something wrong
aqniwil     
  aktina "to come"
ackaw
"to think (of or about)
  aqniwil "to think (of or about)"
to cut with a knife
wn
  wn "to cut with a knife"  
  mes "to cross, go across" to cross, go across mes
  nan "to go" to care for, take care ofqilik  
  qilik "to care for, take care of"   to tell
  tiyep "to tell"
tiyep
         
Minor sound rule with q:
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You've already seen how when k– "I/my" comes right before a word that starts with k, the resulting double k becomes an aspirated k — k — as in my fatherma koko
ma k–koko >     ma koko     "my father"
  no–k–kuti > nokuti "I'll see, watch"  
When k– "I/my" comes right before a q, it becomes q itself, and then this double q becomes an aspirated q — q:
  ma k–qo > ma qo "my pet" ma qo my pet
  no–k–qilik > noqilik "I will take care [of it]"
       

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