Compound Verbs

Noun + Verb

Observation

	ᓈᐹᐤ			ᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ			ᓂᓈᐹᐅᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ
	naapaau	+		iyihtiu	=		ninaapaauiyihtiu
	man			s/he is doing			s/he acts like a man

The verb ᓂᓈᐹᐅᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ ninaapaauiyihtiu s/he acts like a man is made from the noun ᓈᐹᐤ naapaau man and the verb ᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ iyihtiu s/he is doing (plus a reduplication of the first syllable of the word: ni-naa).

Noun		+	Verb		=		Verb
	ᐄᔨᔨᐤ			ᐧᐋᔅᐱᓲ			ᐄᔨᔨᐅᐧᐋᔅᐱᓲ
	iiyiyiu	+		waaspisuu	=		iiyiyiuwaaspisuu
	person			s/he is getting dressed			s/he is dressed like a native
	ᐄᔨᔨᐤ			ᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ			ᐄᔨᔨᐅᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ
	iiyiyiu	+		iyihtiu	=		iiyiyiuiyihtiu
	person			s/he is doing			s/he is acting like a native