Thematic prefixes come after person markers and before dative markers and instrumentals.
Thematic prefixes
| Prefix |
Meaning |
Examples |
Comments |
| a- |
habitual action |
- dǫ 'see'
- kadǫ ni 'he never sees' (=blind)
- duse 'bite'
- aduse 'he bites habitually'
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| directional indicator: 'there, on' |
- dǫhi 'look'
- adǫxtu ta 'look!' (male to males)
- yihi 'think'
- ayihi 'he thought'
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| transivitizer |
- hį 'arrive'
- ahįtu 'they took her there'
- kuhi 'high'
- akuhitu 'they raised it'
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| į- |
instrumental prefix, 'with' |
- ||ayą + į + duko|| > /ayįduko/ 'tree + with + whip' = 'whip against a tree'
- ||į + das + k + ǫ|| > /įdaskǫ/ 'with + back + obj. + do' = 'sit with one's back to'
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| u- |
'within a given area' |
- toho 'lie town'
- utoho 'he lay in it'
- kci 'dodge about'
- unakcikci de 'he went dodging about (the house)'
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