Morpheme Ø/w(ɨ)-

Functions:

1S (in the main construction)

• (wai-108)

  wɨɨkekɲe

  wɨ-ka-jakɲe

  1-say-PST

  I said.

  (Hawkins 1998: 71)

1>3 (in the main construction)

• (wai-11)

  w-aarʲ-asɨ

  1>3-carry-NPST

  I will carry it.

  (Hawkins 1998: 178)

• (wai-12)

  ero

  that

  wa

  like

  oj-akɨh-re-t͡ʃhe

  1-wise-CAUS-ADVZ.after

  a-wja

  2-OBL

  so

  PL

  wɨ-htɨno-jasɨ

  1>3-know-NPST

  After you thus instruct me, I will know it.

  (Hawkins 1998: 44)