layye, lahye

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

Changed Verb Stem : elayya-, elahya-

Verb Stem With Preverb : -ayya-, -ahya- (with other initials); (without ending) -ay

Passamaquoddy-Maliseet	English Phrase
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)