-’ndiara’s-/-’ndiara’senni-
Translation to help someone; to give someone a hand Part of speech verb base Semantic category everyday life Note See also -atate’ndiara’s-/-atate’ndiara’senni- "to help one another, to help each other" o’ndia’ "finger(s)" 
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| Example | Prononciation | Translation | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taye’ndiara’s! | [ta-ye’-NDIA-ra’s] | Help me (2SG)! | |
| Eyon’ndiara’s. | [e-yon’-NDIA-ra’s] | I will help you (2SG). | |
| Taywa’ndiara’s! | [tay-wa’-NDIA-ra’s] | Help me (2PL)! or Help us (2SG > 2PL)! | |
| Ehske’ndiara’s i? | [eh-ske’-ndia’-ra’s i] | Will you (2SG) help me? | |
| Haye’ndiara’sennih. | [ha-ye’-ndia-ra’-SEN-nih] | He’s helping me (at present). | |
| Aye’ndiara’sennihk. | [a-ye’-ndia-ra’-SEN-nihk] | She helps me (habitually). |
| Conjugation Class | C-stem |
|---|---|
| Verb Class | non-consequential event verb |
| Morphological Analysis | -ʔndi-a-r-a-ʔs-enni- |
| Morphological Gloss | -finger-LK-put.in-LK-BEN-BEN- |
| Grammar Notes |
| Aspect Mood | Habitual | Stative | Perfective | Impérative | Purposive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffix | -hk | -h | -Ø | -Ø | -- |
| Alternant | -ʔndiaraʔsenni- | -ʔndiaraʔsenni- | -ʔndiaraʔs- | -ʔndiaraʔs- | -- |
| Pronominal Prefixes | transitive | transitive | transitive | transitive imperative | -- |
| Approximate Translation | to help someone habitually | to be helping someone | to help someone at a specific moment | to order someone to help someone | -- |