Mahican VAI Indicative Special Stems

I have singled out a few verbs for review here because their patterns of conjugation are either irregular or difficult.

(1) ndapohkaaw vai-ąą he cooks

Difficulty: hidden vowel (ă) and shift in consonant from (d) to (t)

Nátpohkah
Kŭnátpohkah  
Ndúpohkaaw
Nàtpohkahnah 
Kŭnàtpohkahnah
Kŭnatpohkahnookw
Kŭnatpohkahmah
Ndúpohkaak

Explanation:
(nu) + (ndupohkąą) = nátpohkah
The prefix (nu) puts stress on the deleted vowel between (n) and (d)
This vowel turns out to be (a)
The cluster (nd) expands to (nat)

Ngataaw-ndapokah. I want to cook.
Ndapohkąątookw. Let’s cook.
Natpohkah wuyaaθ. I’m cooking meat. (s98)
Chiin taaxiiwih ndapohkahaakw. You ought not to cook. (s103)
Aātąąn-ndapohkamuk. In the kitchen. (s88)

(2) Uwah vai he says

Difficulty: irregular beginning pattern and monosyllabic vowel unstable stem ending in (ii)

Nsih
Ksih
Uwah
Nsíhnah  
Ksíhnah  
Ksíhnookw
Ksíhmah  
Úwaak  
Iin

Ustah nsíiw
Ustah ksíiw
Ustah íiwih
Ustah nsiiwíhnah  
Ustah ksiiwíhnah  
Ustah ksiiwihnookw
Ustah ksiiwíhmah  
Ustah iiwíik  

(3) Aāw vai-ąą he goes

Difficulty: monosyllabic stem (ąą)

Ndah
Ktah
Aāw   
Ndáhnah  
Ktáhnah  
Ktahnookw
Ktáhmah
Aāk  
Aąn

Ustah ndąąw
Ustah ktąąw  
Ustah aawih
etc     

(4) Wmah vai he comes from + location

Difficulty: irregular beginning pattern and monosyllabic stem, weak syllable deletion (wu-)

Noom  
Koom  
Wmah
Noomhnah 
Koomhnah
Koomhnookw  
Koomhmah  
wmaak   
Ustah noomóow
Ustah koomóow  
Ustah wmoowih.  
Ustah noomoowíhnah.  
Ustah koomoowíhnah.  
Ustah koomoowihnookw.
Ustah koomoowíhmah.  
Ustah wmoowíik.  

With preverb kataaw

ngataaw-wmah  
etc  

(5) Paaw vai-ąą he comes

Difficulty: monosyllabic unstable stem (pąą)

Mbah
Kpah
Paaw  
Mbáhnah  
Kpáhnah  
Kpahnookw
Kpáhmah  
Paak  
Pąąn

(6) pumúθuw vai he walks

Difficulty: stress assignment, deletion weak syllables

Mbúmθih  
Kpúmθih  
Pumúθuw  
Mbumθíhnah 
Kpumθíhnah
Kpumθihnookw  
Kpumθíhmah  
Pumúθŭwak 
Pumuθiin  

With preverb kataaw-

ngataaw-pumúθih  
kataaw-pumúθih
kataaw-pumúθuw  
etc  

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