-akwendahton’t-
Translation to become quiet; to keep quiet (lit. to make one’s voice get lost) Part of speech verb base Semantic category language, speech and discourse, behaviours and personality Note See also -ahton’t- "to cause something to get lost, to cause something to disappear, to destroy or get rid of something" -ahton- "for something to get lost, get mislaid, get destroyed, get forgotten, disappear, dissipate, get erased, get abolished" yawenda’ "voice, word, language, promise" Sakwendahton’t! "Be quiet (2SG)! (lit. Lose your voice!)" 
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| Example | Prononciation | Translation | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakwendahton’t! | [sa-kwen-NDAH-ton’t] | Be quiet (2SG)! (lit. Lose your voice!) | |
| Tsakwendahton’t! | [tsa-kwen-NDAH-ton’t] | Be quiet (2PL)! (lit. Lose your voices!) |
| Conjugation Class | a-radical |
|---|---|
| Verb Class | actif avec conséquence |
| Morphological Analysis | -at-wend-ahton-ʔt- |
| Morphological Gloss | -MID-voix-se.perdre-CAUS- |
| Grammar Notes |
| Aspect Mood | Habitual | Stative | Perfective | Impérative | Purposive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffix | -haʔ | -ih | -Ø | -Ø | |
| Alternant | -akwendahtonʔt- | -akwendahtonʔt- | -akwendahtonʔt- | -akwendahtonʔt- | |
| Pronominal Prefixes | agent | patient | agent | agent impératif | |
| Approximate Translation | se taire habituellement; être en train de se taire | s’être tu et il y a un effet au moment présent | se taire à un moment précis | donner l’ordre à quelqu’un de se taire |