The least common Modal Prefix is the Optative Prefix.  The basic use of
the Optative Prefix is to say that the action described by the Verb may,
might, could, would or should happen, although it hasn't happened yet.
 

13.1. Optative + Agent Prefixes

The Optative Prefix occurs in two different forms with Agent Prefixes,
aa- and ae-.  The table below shows the different combinations of the
Optative Prefix with Agent Prefixes.

              I         you        he       she        it
   --------------------------------------------------------
   C-stem  | aak-       aes-       aaa-     aaye-     aaka-
   X-stem  | aake-      aese-      aaa-     aaye-     aaka-
   L-stem  | aak(h)-    aes-       aaá-     aayé-     aaká-
   LX-stem | aaké-      aesé-      aaá-     aayé-     aaká-
   A-stem  | aak-       aes-       aaa-     aayö-     aaw-

We can note the following patterns:

   * The Optative Prefix takes the form aa- with the 'I', 'she' and 'it'
     Agent Prefixes, with no further changes happening.

   * The Optative Prefix takes the form ae- with the 'you' Agent Prefix,
     with no further changes happening.

   * The Optative Prefix takes the form aa- with the 'he' Agent Prefix,
     which loses its initial -h-.

An example set of Optative-Punctual forms for the X-Stem Switch Active
Verb Base -hutö- "close the door", is shown below.

   aa-   -ke-     -hutö-   -'   aakehútö'   I might open the door
   ae-   -se-     -hutö-   -'   aesehútö'   you might open the door
   aa-   -(h)a-   -hutö-   -'   aaahútö'    he might open the door
   aa-   -ye-     -hutö-   -'   aayehútö'   she might open the door
   aa-   -ka-     -hutö-   -'   aakahútö'   it might open the door
 

13.2. Optative + Patient Prefixes

The Optative Prefix occurs in four different forms with Patient
Prefixes, aaw-, aa-, aaya- and aay-.  The table below shows the
different combinations of the Optative Prefix with Patient Prefixes.

               I         you        he        she         it
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   C-stem  | aawak-      aasa-      aau-     aayaku-     aayu-
   X-stem  | aawake-     aasa-      aau-     aayaku-     aayu-
   L-stem  | aawak(h)-   aasá-      aaú-     aayakú-     aayú-
   LX-stem | aawaké-     aasá-      aaú-     aayakú-     aayú-
   A-stem  | aawak-      aas-       aau-     aayaku-     aayu-

We can note the following patterns:

   * The Optative Prefix takes the form aaw- with the 'I' Patient
     Prefix, with no further changes happening.

   * The Optative Prefix takes the form aaya- with the 'she' Patient
     Prefix, with no further changes happening.

   * The Optative Prefix takes the form aay- with the 'it' Patient
     Prefix, with no further changes happening.

   * The Optative Prefix takes the form aa- with the 'you' and 'he'
     Patient Prefixes.  The 'he' Patient Prefix loses its initial -h-.

An example set of Optative-Punctual forms for the C-Stem Fixed Active
Verb -tukast- "hear of something", is shown below.

   aaw-    -ak-     -tukas(t)-   -Ø   aawaktúkas    I might hear of it
   aa-     -sa-     -tukas(t)-   -Ø   aasatúkas     you might hear of it
   aa-     -(h)u-   -tukas(t)-   -Ø   aautúkas      he might hear of it
   aaya-   -ku-     -tukas(t)-   -Ø   aayakutúkas   she might hear of it
   aay-    -u-      -tukas(t)-   -Ø   aayutúkas     it might hear of it