verb ta 35
s/he tells h/, says to h/
Prefixed Verb Stem:
-iy-
Unprefixed Verb Stem:
y_h-
Preverb:
-y_h-
Changed Verb Stem:
y_h-

Notes

(stems -iy- and y_h- change to ih- before i for some speakers)

Keywords

tell
say

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Ntiyahpon, "U, uhkey, uhkey." I told him, "Oh, okay, okay." (JN)
Kisi-ihinokot nikihkunnuk. What our parents told us.
'Tiyal-ote eleyik. He tells her how it is.
Piyel 'tiyal Tepitol eli skat kisi-oliyahq Kelisk. Peter told David that he (Peter) couldn't go to Calais.
Yihin! (Ihin!) ... 'Kisi-yahal. ... Yohot. ... Yuhusk. ... Yuhuk. ... Yihit (Ihit). ... Uli-mihqitahatomon yuhut. Tell me! ... S/he told h/. ... What you tell h/. ... What s/he tells you. ... What I tell h/. ... What s/he tells me. ... He remembers well what he was told.
Nekomaw-ote yahahtitsopon, ma-tehp keq mace-tpiyew. If they themselves had told them, nothing would have happened.
Ktiyuluhpon! I told you! I told you so!
'Tiya, "Nkotuhp." He says to them, "I'm hungry."
Msi-te-na leyu yuhutpon. All that was told to him happens. (LM)
Yuhutsopon miyahsi-ksahan, kis-op peciye. If she had been told to come in early, she would already be here.

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