Observation

nashkumeu

s/he thanks him/her

tshinashkumin

you thank me

These verb stems end in the consonant m. The verbs are conjugated regularly, i.e. the form of the stem stays the same throughout the conjugation.

 

TA VERBS WITH m STEMS

uishameu	s/he invites him/her	nuishamati	I invited him/her
nishtuapameu	s/he knows him/her	tshinishtuapamitin	I know you
natuapameu	s/he goes to see him/her	tshe natuapamin	you go to see me
nashkumeu	s/he thanks him/her	tshinashkumitinan	we thank you
uapameu	s/he sees him/her	nuapamanan	we see him/her
uiteńimeu	s/he finds him/her funny	apu uiteńimak	I don’t find him/her funny
atimeu	s/he catches up with him/her on foot	atimepan	s/he caught up with him/her on foot
shueńimeu	s/he kisses him/her	shueńim!	kiss him/her!

NOTES ON SPELLING

Since these stems end in a consonant, the vowel i must be added when adding a suffix beginning with a consonant: tshi+uapam+n = tshuapamin you see me. With stems ending in m, attention must be paid when adding the thematic suffix -im-, since the vowel between the two m‘s is not pronounced: nuapamimaua I see him/her [his/her brother]. With mixed and non-local inverse forms, note the phenomenon of vowel harmonization with the sequences ikᵘ and iku: nuapamikᵘ [nwa:pmukw] s/he sees me, uapamiku [wa:pmuku] s/he (obv) sees me.