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===Verb morphemes=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Transitive verbal affixes''' *-bʼaa 'transitivizer' (vowel length can also be used) *-laa 'applicative' *-wa 'applicative' *-bʼV 'causative' *-chV 'causative' (variants: -chaa, -chii, -chuu) *-kʼuu 'causative' *-lV 'causative' *-mV 'causative' *-nV 'causative' *-pV 'causative' *-qʼV 'causative' *-saa 'causative' *-tzii 'causative' *-tzʼV 'causative' *-txʼii 'causative' *-wV 'causative' *-najee' 'repetitive' *-'kJ 'processive' *-'tz 'processive imperative' {{clear}} '''Intransitive verbal affixes''' *-n 'antipassive' *-Vn 'affect' *-ax 'versive' *-ee' 'versive' *-eet 'passive' *-j 'passive' *-njtz 'passive' *-bʼaj 'processive passive' *-bʼa 'intransitivizer' *-ch 'intransitivizer' *-chaj 'intransitivizer' *-paj 'intransitivizer' *-t 'intransitivizer' *-tzʼaj 'intransitivizer' *-tzʼaq 'intransitivizer' *-' ... -al 'specific termination' {{clear}} {{col-2}} '''Other verbal affixes''' *-l 'infinitive' {{clear}} '''Aspects''' Mam verbs have 6 aspects that are prefixed to the verb root.{{sfn|England|1983|pp=58, 161–162}} *ma 'recent past' *o 'past' *ok 'potential' (not obligatory) *n- 'progressive' *x- 'recent past dependent' (used in subordinate clauses) *Ø- 'past dependent' (used in subordinate clauses) {{clear}} '''Modes''' *Potential transitive: -a' *Potential intransitive: -l *Imperative: -m (-n before directionals) {{clear}} '''Directionals''' Directionals are auxiliary elements in verb phrases. They are derived from intransitive verbs. *xi 'away from' *tzaj 'toward' *ul 'there to here' *pon 'here to there' *kubʼ 'down' *jaw 'up' *el 'out' *ok 'in' *kyaj 'remaining' *aj 'returning from here' *ikyʼ 'passing' *bʼaj 'complete' {{clear}} {{col-end}}
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