-ia’taye- + PART/DUPL
Translation to be so many people or animals; to be so many bodies Part of speech verb base Semantic category numbers, body Note This verb always takes either the partitive or the duplicative prepronominal prefix. See also -aye-/-ye- + PART/DUPL "to be so many of something; for there to be so many in number; to be so many times" oa’ta’ "body; living being" iyäa’tayeh "to be so many bodies; to be so many people or animals" teyäa’tayeh "to be two bodies; to be two people or animals"
| Example | Prononciation | Translation | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tho iskwäa’tayeh? | [tho i-skwa-a’-TA-yeh] | How many are you (2PL)? | |
| Ndahk ïaywäa’tayeh. | [ndahk i-ay-wa-a’-TA-yeh] | We (excl.) are four. | |
| Tetia’tayeh. | [te-tia’-TA-yeh] | We (incl.) are two. | |
| Tho iyäa’tayeh? | [tho i-ya-a’-TA-yeh] | How many people are there? How many bodies are there? |
| Conjugation Class | i-consonnne-radical |
|---|---|
| Verb Class | statif |
| Morphological Analysis | -iaʔt-a-ye- |
| Morphological Gloss | -corps-LK-être.tel.nombre- |
| Grammar Notes |
| Aspect Mood | Habitual | Stative | Perfective | Impérative | Purposive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffix | --- | -h | --- | --- | |
| Alternant | --- | -iaʔtaye- | --- | --- | |
| Pronominal Prefixes | --- | agent | --- | --- | |
| Approximate Translation | --- | être tel nombre de personnes actuellement | --- | --- |