Example
te’khëndare’ de khëen’ah aꞏyenhk
I don’t have anyone who is like my child, I don’t have any children
| te’khëndare’ | ||||
| Orthography | te’‑ | khë‑ | ‑nare‑ | ‑’ |
| Phonological Form | teʔ- | khe- | ‑nare‑ | -ʔ |
| Interlinear gloss | neg | 1sg>3ind | have kin | stat |
| Stem (verb) | ‑nare‑ | ‑’ | ||
| Base (verb) | ‑nare‑ | |||
| Root (verb) | ‑nare‑ | |||
| de | |
| Orthography | de |
| Phonological Form | ne |
| Interlinear gloss | ampl |
| khëen’ah | ||||
| Orthography | khe‑ | ‑yę‑ | ‑’ | =ah |
| Phonological Form | khe- | ‑yę‑ | -ʔ | =ah |
| Interlinear gloss | 1sg>3ind | have as child | stat | dim |
| Stem (verb) | ‑yę‑ | ‑’ | ||
| Base (verb) | ‑yę‑ | |||
| Root (verb) | ‑yę‑ | |||
| aꞏyenhk | ||||||
| Orthography | aꞏ‑ | yen‑ | ‑i‑ | ‑h | ‑k‑ | ‑Ø |
| Phonological Form | a:- | ka- | ‑i‑ | -h | -k- | -Ø |
| Interlinear gloss | opt | 3fz/n.sg.agt | to be | stat | cont | pnc |
| Stem (verb) | ‑i‑ | ‑h | ‑k‑ | ‑Ø | ||
| Stem (verb) | ‑i‑ | ‑h | ||||
| Base (verb) | ‑h | ‑k‑ | ||||
| Base (verb) | ‑i‑ | |||||
| Root (verb) | ‑i‑ | |||||
Source(s):
te χendare de χeen̈a aɩenk
(Potier 1744: 132)
je n’ai persone qi soit a moy en qualité d’enfant – je n’ay pas d’enfans
(Potier 1744: 132)