There are 4 members of the U-Group of Pronominal Prefixes, 3 of which
we
have already seen.
u- :: it does something
to it
hu- :: it does something
to him
ku- :: it does something
to her
shaku- :: he does something to her
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
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u- | u-
ú- ú-
ú- u-
hu- | hu-
hú- hú-
hú- hu-
ku- | ku-
kú- kú-
kú- ku-
shaku- | shaku- shakú-
shakú- shakú- shaku-
We can note the following patterns:
* All the prefixes end in -u- in the C-Stem, X-Stem
and A-Stem forms.
The -a- at the beginning of A-Stem Verb
Bases is replaced by the -u-
of the Pronominal Prefix.
* All the prefixes end in -ú- in the L-Stem and LX-Stem forms.
These four prefixes are all straightforward in their meanings and uses.
utënö'ös
:: it's watching over it
hutënö'ös ::
it's watching over him
kutënö'ös ::
it's watching over her
shakutënö'ös :: he's watching
over her