Verbal morphology
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There's a closed class of variant verbs. Variant verbs are divided into subject-concord verbs and dual-concord verbs. There are not many of these; new verbs are created by compounding. For example, pyuzyp 'write' is a Zzyxwqnp loanword - but the loaned form alone means 'writing', and to say 'he writes', one would instead form a compound roughly equivalent to 'does writing', i.e. unpyuzys. The tone of the second verb is lost.

This also applies to compounds of variant verbs! These compounds are head-initial and both components take person marking. So 'he goes to collect' is nwaganf.

Subject agreement



There are eight subjects:
1SG   INCL EXCL
2SG   2PL
3SG.M 3PL
3SG.F
3SG.I

Some subject-concord verbs are as follows:

'do'
uns funs yunp
nup funs
uns tunp
uns 
mup   

'eat'
nyes hnyes nyip
nep  hnyes
nyes tep
nyvs 
nywis

'go'
gant ant gyant
ngaj  ant
gant tganj
gant  
gint

'collect, gather'
nas  hnas yxnp
nyxp hyxs
yxns twxnp
nwas   
nas   

'be under'
vns fvns yvnp
nvp fvns
vns tvns
vns  
mvp 


Object agreement


Should probably be reworked in accordance with new hiatus rules (V + nonhigh V forms hiatus)

'hit'
     >1SG >2SG >MSG   >FSG  >ISG
1SG> ——   zof  zisins zvpxs zyxs
2SG> nyuj ——   nisinp nvpxp nyxp
MSG> zyuf zof  zisins zvpxs zyxs
FSG> yuf  wuf  wisins wvpxs wyxs
ISG> lyuj loj  lisinp lvpxp lyxp
INC> ——   ——   hisins fvpxs hyxs
2PL> hyuf ——   hisins fvpxs hyxs
3PL> syuj toj  sisinp tvpxp syxp
EXC> ——   yuj  yisinp yvpxp yxp