verb ai 11
s/he plays thus
Plural:
layyahtuwok, layyawolotuwok, layyawotuwok; lahyahtuwok, etc.
Prefixed Verb Stem:
-olayya-, -olahya-; (without ending) -olay
Unprefixed Verb Stem:
layya-, lahya-; (without ending) lay
Preverb:
-ayya-, -ahya- (with other initials); (without ending) -ay
Changed Verb Stem:
elayya-, elahya-

Notes

(compare laye)

Keywords

play

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Natay! Go play!
Kil-tehc-ona yut toke ktoliyan elayyawolotimok: nahseht nkospisun. But now you will attend the games: put on my belt. (LM)
Nit ahcuwi-cuwitpot likon elayyawolotimok. That's the way playtime should be. (JN)
Ehqi nit lay! Stop playing like that!
Apc 'kisehtun wasis motiyahyawolotilin pihcetu qesaweyik, naka 'tiyan, "Li-qasqiq nit; naci-witahyaq etoli-milahyawolotimok." Then he made the sound of children playing far off on a point of land and told them, "Run over there and join them, where they're playing all kinds of games." (LM)
Elayyawolotimok. Etoli-milayyawolotimok. Playground. (LM)

Audio Recordings

Recording Type Speaker
word Dolly
example DonaldF
example Dolly
Example Nancy
Example Nancy
Example Nancy
Example Nancy