Ne' Hu'nöhtö'ö hayasônö'.
His name was Lost Arrow.

hayasônö'  ::  he was called, his name was

This is another Stative Past verb form, just like hanôkek that we saw in an earlier lesson. If we look at hayasônö', we can recognize the prefix ha- meaning "he" right there at the front of the word.  That means that the part that's left over, -yasônö', must be the verb stem, and that must be the part that means "was called".  Now we can ask ourselves, which prefix pattern goes with this verb stem?  Since the stem starts with a single consonant -y-, we know to use the Agent-C prefix pattern.  And voilà! we have a full set of five words where there once was only one.

kyasônö'  --  I was called, my name was
syasônö'  --  you were called, your name was
hayasônö'  --  he was called, his name was
yeyasônö'  --  she was called, her name was
kayasônö'  --  it was called, its name was

Just like with hanôkek, though, the Stative Past form of this verb might not be the one you'll want to use most often.  Usually, you're more interested in what people are called now, than in what their names might
have been in the past.  So, for that, we need to learn the basic Stative form of this verb.  We've seen that the Stative Past form of the stem is -yasônö'; the basic Stative form of this stem is simply -yásö.  Of course, it takes the same Agent-C prefix pattern as before, giving us the following list of words:

kyásö  --  I'm called, my name is
syásö  --  you're called, your name is
hayásö  --  he's called, his name is
yeyásö  --  she's called, her name is
kayásö  --  it's called, its name is

This is another regular pattern: verbs with a Stative form that ends in -ö will have a Stative Past form that ends in -ônö'.  As we go along, we'll see lots of verbs whose Stative forms end in -ö, so this is a handy rule to keep in the back of your mind.

Note that ths is another set of words with an alternation between long and short vowels; compare kyasônö' with kyásö, syasônö' with syásö, and so forth.

These are some very useful words to know at the start of a conversation. You can use them with the question phrase të'ë na'u't, meaning "what".

Të'ë na'u't syásö?  --  What are you called?
Elsie kyásö.  --  I'm called Elsie.

Të'ë na'u't hayásö ne haksa'aa?  --  What is the boy called?
Grover hayásö ne haksa'aa.  --  The boy is called Grover.

Të'ë na'u't yeyásö ne yakökwe'ôwe?  --  What is the Indian woman called?
Pauline yeyásö ne yakökwe'ôwe.  --  The Indian woman is called Pauline.

Të'ë na'u't kayásö?  --  What is it called?
Ne' ka'nö' kayásö.  --  It's called an arrow.

Summary of New Vocabulary for Lost Arrow, Part I Sentence 2

hayasônö'  --  he was called, his name was
hayásö  --  he's called, his name is
Hunöhtö'ö  --  Lost Arrow
kayasônö'  --  it was called, its name was
kayásö  --  it is called, its name is
ka'nö'  --  arrow
kyasônö'  --  I was called, my name was
kyásö  --  I'm called, my name is
syasônö'  --  you were called, your name was
syásö  --  you are called, your name is
të'ë na'u't?  --  what?
uhtö'ö  --  it's lost
yeyasônö'  --  she was called, her name was
yeyásö  --  she is called, her name is

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