Transitive Verbs
Transitive verbs have two core arguments: a subject and an object. The subject is marked on the verb using an A series proclitic. Verbs inflect for tense and evidentiality.
to make something fall, to drop. Derived from data 'fall' and the causative -ñe.
to fail to make fall. This verb takes a non-volitional subject.
Derivation: derived from datañe 'make fall' and the frustrative -je.
to show, to make look. What is shown is marked with =du.
Derivation: derived from dunu 'look' and the causative -ñe.
to look at, to watch. What is watched is marked with =du.
to pull out, to pluck out, to pick (fruit).
Derivation: derived from ka 'do' and the obsolete particle ye 'out/off'.
have, hold, grasp. Derived from ku ‘hand’.
to pick up with the hand, to raise up with the hand.
Derivation: derived from ku 'hand' and dalo 'rise'.
to take, to get, to grab, to seize.
Derivation: derived from ku 'hand' and the obsolete particle me 'in'.
to fail to get, to fail to take. This verb takes a non-volitional subject.
Derivation: derived from kume 'take' and the frustrative -je.
to give, to make have. The object is the person receiving something. The gift is marked with =pe.
Derivation: derived from ku 'have' and the causative -ñe.
to make, to build, to emit.
Derivation: derived from no 'come' and the obsolete particle ye 'out/off'.
to not make. Derived from noye 'make' and the negative -we.
to listen to. What is heard is marked with =du.
Derivation: derived from sada 'ear' and dunu 'look'.
to not listen to. What is not heard, if expressed, is marked with =du.
Derivation: derived from sadunu 'listen' and the negative -we.
to speak, say, talk, or tell. The object is the addressee, and what is said is put into a complement clause if it is a direct quote, or marked with =pe if it is an indirect quote.
sing. Derived from zimi 'music' and the causative -ñe.