I have singled out a few verbs for review here because their patterns of conjugation are either irregular or difficult.
(1) ndapohkāāw vai-ąą he cooks
Difficulty: hidden vowel (ă) and shift in consonant from (d) to (t)
Nátpohkah
Kŭnátpohkah
Ndúpohkāāw
Nàtpohkahnah
Natpohkahnookw
Kŭnàtpohkahnah
Kŭnatpohkahnookw
Kŭnatpohkahmah
Ndúpohkāāk
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)
Ngatāāw-ndapokah. I want to cook.
Ndapohkąątook. Let’s cook.
Natpohkah wuyāāθ. I’m cooking meat. (s98)
Chiin tāāxiiwih ndapohkahāākw. 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
Nsíhnookw
Ksíhnah
Ksíhnookw
Ksíhmah
Úwāāk
Iin
Ustah nsíiw
Ustah ksíiw
Ustah íiwih
Ustah nsiiwíhnah
Ustah nsiiwihnookw
Ustah ksiiwíhnah
Ustah ksiiwihnookw
Ustah ksiiwíhmah
Ustah iiwíik
(3) Aāw vai-ąą he goes
Difficulty: monosyllabic stem (ąą)
Ndah
Ktah
Aāw
Ndáhnah
Ndahnookw
Ktáhnah
Ktahnookw
Ktáhmah
Aāk
Aąn
Ustah ndąąw
Ustah ktąąw
Ustah āāwih
etc
(4) Wmah vai he comes from + location
Difficulty: irregular beginning pattern and monosyllabic stem, weak syllable deletion (wu-)
Noom
Koom
Wmah
Noomhnah
Noomhnookw
Koomhnah
Koomhnookw
Koomhmah
wmāāk
Ustah noomóow
Ustah koomóow
Ustah wmoowih.
Ustah noomoowíhnah.
Ustah noomoowihnookw
Ustah koomoowíhnah.
Ustah koomoowihnookw.
Ustah koomoowíhmah.
Ustah wmoowíik.
With preverb katāāw
ngatāāw-wmah
etc
(5) Pāāw vai-ąą he comes
Difficulty: monosyllabic unstable stem (pąą)
Mbah
Kpah
Pāāw
Mbáhnah
Mbahnookw
Kpáhnah
Kpahnookw
Kpáhmah
Pāāk
Pąąn
(6) pumúθuw vai he walks
Difficulty: stress assignment, deletion weak syllables
Mbúmθih
Kpúmθih
Pumúθuw
Mbumθíhnah
Mbumθihnookw
Kpumθíhnah
Kpumθihnookw
Kpumθíhmah
Pumúθŭwak
Pumuθiin
With preverb katāāw-
ngatāāw-pumúθih
katāāw-pumúθih
katāāw-pumúθuw
etc