Suffixes Flashcards
-kwu
Future tense (verb suffix)
-hookwu
Present tense with “right now” emphasis (verb suffix)
-pu
Past tense (verb suffix)
-hoo (verb/time)
Past tense with “just now” emphasis (verb suffix)
-du
Doer, one who is (nominalizing suffix)
-no
And, with. Goes at end of list.
Example: tuhudya koepano = deer and/with bighorn
-ga’yoo
Ex: pabe’ega’yoo
“I have” (not a verb-a suffix)
Ex: I have older brother(s)
-‘a
Ex: poohekweta’a
Is
Ex: is blue
-gapu
Ex: peagapu, Billygapu
Suffix indicating person has passed on. Can use with name or relationship.
Number + -hoo
Ex: Nu wahoo wanga’a’gayoo. Nu paehoo pune’ega’yoo.
Number functioning as object.
Ex: I have two younger brothers. I have three younger sisters.
-waetu
Ex: Nu Oodenowaetu.
“At” or “I come from”
Ex: I come from Reno.
–wunu
action in progress
repeating final vowel =- more intense action
–no’o
going along doing [verb action]
OR period of time
kemmano’o = coming along; pudu tommono’o = getting to be spring
—kwae
at/from/in something
OR from somewhere
sungabekwae = “in the cottonwood”; Oodenoowae “at/in Reno”
—ga’a
go over someplace and [do verb action]
time to [do verb action]
nobenega’a = “going to visit”; tamanoga’a = “getting to be spring”
—yoo
subject marker OR adjective marker
“Eshoo ki pesa’yoo” = “this is not good”
paba’yoo = big
—dooha
under something
—gooba/—kooba
top of something
—doohayoona
from under something
—goobakwae
—koobakwae
over something
—ga’yoo
—ka’yoo
to have, there are, exists
—pana
indicates command
tends to go with “ki”
—ka
away from, short command
uncommon, paired with five or so words
—ke
bring to, short command
