-x̣a

Definition:

Used to, always do.

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Function:

Habitual/frequentative aspect. Attach to a verb.

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Examples:

1. patkʷátax̣a kʷaaná ‘they eat that’;
2. pawɨ́npɨnx̣a ‘they buy’;
3. iwínax̣ana ‘he used to go’;
4. pawáašax̣ana ‘they used to dance’;
5. iwínax̣a ‘he goes’;
6. iwínax̣ata ‘he will keep going’.

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[NE habitual/ frequentative present reduces to -x̣; for possible source, compare x̣a ‘lie prone, lie on the back’.]