Chapter 17: The Wa-Group

Another large group of Pronominal Prefixes, with 10 members, is the Wa-
Group.

   twa-     ::  we all (incl pl) do something to it
   shetwa-  ::  we all (incl pl) do something to him
   akwa-    ::  we all (excl pl) do something to it
   shakwa-  ::  we all (excl pl) do something to him
   ökwa-    ::  it does something to us all
   shökwa-  ::  he does something to us all
   swa-     ::  y'all do something to it
                  it does something to y'all
   sheswa-  ::  y'all do something to him
                  he does something to y'all
   kwa-     ::  I do something to y'all
                  we two do something to y'all
                  we all do something to y'all
                  we all do something to you
                  we all do something to you two
   skwa-    ::  you do something to us all
                  you two do something to us all
                  y'all do something to us all
                  y'all do something to me
                  y'all do something to us both

The forms that these prefixes take with the five Stem Classes we have
seen is shown in the table below.

              C         X         L         LX        A
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   twa-    | twa-      twa-      twá-      twá-      twa-
   shetwa- | shetwa-   shetwa-   shetwá-   shetwá-   shetwa-
   akwa-   | akwa-     akwa-     akwá-     akwá-     akwa-
   shakwa- | shakwa-   shakwa-   shakwá-   shakwá-   shakwa-
   ökwa-   | ökwa-     ökwa-     ökwá-     ökwá-     ökwa-
   shökwa- | shökwa-   shökwa-   shökwá-   shökwá-   shökwa-
   swa-    | swa-      swa-      swá-      swá-      swa-
   sheswa- | sheswa-   sheswa-   sheswá-   sheswá-   sheswa-
   kwa-    | kwa-      kwa-      kwá-      kwá-      kwa-
   skwa-   | skwa-     skwa-     skwá-     skwá-     skwa-

We can note the following patterns:

   * All the prefixes end in -wa- in the C-Stem, X-Stem and A-Stem
     forms.

   * All the prefixes end in -wá- in the L-Stem and LX-Stem forms.

In Chapter 16 we learned how there are various ways to say "we" in
Mingo, depending on whether you intend to include or exclude the hearer.
In this Chapter we learn the prefixes twa- and shetwa- which are used to
include two or more hearers.

   twatënö'ös     ::  we all (incl) are watching over it
   shetwatënö'ös  ::  we all (incl) are watching over him

To exclude the hearer(s), but include two or more other people with you,
the prefixes akwa- and shakwa- can be used.

   akwatënö'ös    ::  we all (excl) are watching over it
   shakwatënö'ös  ::  we all (excl) are watching over him

Just like with the prefixes in Chapter 16, the inclusive versus
exclusive distinction is lost when referring to the patient of an
action.

   ökwatënö'ös    ::  it's watching over us all (incl/excl)
   shökwatënö'ös  ::  he's watching over us all (incl/excl)

Also like in Chapter 16, there's a pair of vice-versa prefixes in the
Wa-Group.

   swatënö'ös  ::  y'all are watching over it
                   it's watching over y'all

   sheswatënö'ös  ::  y'all are watching over him
                      he's watching over y'all

There is also a pair of prefixes with five different meanings each.

   kwatënö'ös  ::  I'm watching over y'all
                   we two are watching over y'all
                   we all are watching over y'all
                   we all are watching over you
                   we all are watching over you two

   skwatënö'ös  ::  you're watching over us all
                    we two are watching over y'all
                    we all are watching over y'all
                    we all are watching over you
                    we all are watching over you two



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