Kányö'ökhá'
-- Whitely, Englishly (i.e. in English)
ka-
: it (Agent pronomial prefix); the vowel is lengthened by the following verb-stem (type LX)
-nyö'ö
: o be a white person / in the Stative aspect
-khá'
: characterizer suffix (such as "-ly" in English)
te-
: dual (verb prefix); in this case: "one for another"
ka-
: it (Agent pronomial prefix)
-wënötenyô
: to translate something,
in the Stative-aspect form; i.e. "to be translated"
From: te-...-wënöteny-
-- to translate something (literally: to change one word for another)
te-
: dual (verb prefix); in this case: "one for another"
-wën-
: sound, word (incorporated noun, i.e. the object of the verb)
-ö-
: linking-vowel (an «a» nasalized to
«ö» because of the preceding «n»)
-teny-
: (verb root) to change something
u-
: it (Patient pronomial prefix)
-tenyô
:
to have changed
Verb stem, in Stative aspect;
the verb root is
«-teny-», to change.
The penultimate vowel
(«e»)
is lengthened according to the vowel-lengthening rules.
