kuje

[Verb, auxiliary]

want to V, need to V.

This auxiliary demands a non-volitional subject, since it essentially means 'fail to have'. Derived from ku ‘have’ and the frustrative -je.

Examples

[#74] Calawa gogo sunu kujeda ŋe lodan ŋe sadadateda goli.

[#4] Peya jedeñe yakujetoda.

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