shu Stems24 uashtessiu-pishimᵘ 2025

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  6. shu Stems
Observation
nashueu s/he follows him/her tshinashun you follow me
pashkushueu s/he shaves his/her head eka pashkushu! don’t shave his/her head!

The stems of the verbs nashueu and pashkushueu end in shu. This type of stem is stable and found in all forms of the conjugation.

TA VERBS WITH shu STEMS
matishueu s/he operates on him/her apu matishuat s/he doesn’t operate on him/her
pashkushueu s/he shaves his/her head tshipashkushun you shave my head
pishtishueu s/he cuts him/her by accident tshipishtishutin I cut you by mistake
akuatishueu s/he gives him/her a serious cut tshitakuatishuati you gave him/her a serious cut
apishueu s/he warms him/her, it (anim) up near the fire apu apishuat s/he doesn’t warm him/her, it (anim) near the fire
pashueu s/he dries it (anim) apu pashuat s/he doesn’t dry it (anim)
akuatikashueu s/he burns him/her, it (anim) seriously nitakuatikashukuti s/he burned me seriously
ushueu s/he boils it (anim) ushuepan s/he boiled it (anim)
mushkukashueu s/he makes him/her cry by overdressing him/her mushkukashukupan (her/his mother) made him/her cry by overdressing him/her
amueshueu s/he frightens the game away by shooting nitamueshuanan we frighten the game away by shooting
peshueu s/he brings him/her, it (anim) here tshipeshuku s/he brings him/her, it (anim) here
NOTES
  • A large number of TA verbs with stems ending in -shu have the meaning of an action that involves fire or heat or that is done by cutting.