'active' number suffix: ma 'dual' tense-aspect-mood ending: dhin 'remote past perfective' Sample verb declension The verb here is íma- 'see, observe, supervise, examine, try, test' Tensed forms Non-tensed forms Nominalised forms Kauřařaigau Ya verbal morphologyPrefixesThese were the same as in the modern dialects.SuffixesThe only suffix differences with the modern dialects were in the form of the plural and verbal noun suffixes. In OKY these were maři and ři respectively. The dual was ngauma on ma- 'take, give, move etc.' and otherwise uma. Class 1: wœidha- 'put, place, cook' wœidhamařinu attainative perfective present plural object wœidhaumanu attainative perfective present dual object wœidhemařinu active perfective present plural subject wœidheumanu active perfective present dual subject wœidhàři verbal noun Class 2: ni-, niya- 'sit, stay' niyamařipa[ri] imperfective present plural niyaumapa[ri] imperfective present dual niyàři, niyài verbal nounVerb endingsOn the whole, the OKY verb seems to have been declined like the Kalau Lagau Ya verb. This includes the loss of the suffix ma in the intransitive imperfective present/perfective today future singular. This loss, however, appears to have been optional in the today past equivalent: OKY daneipa (danaipa) 'rise (sun)' (MacGillivray): KLY danaika, KKY danamipa 'rise (sun, etc.), load (self) up' present imperfective OKY dadeipa (dhœidhaipa) 'die' (MacGillivray): KLY dhœidhaika (base dhœidhama-) 'be dizzy, dead drunk' present imperfective OKY usimema, usima (usimima, usima) 'douse' (MacGillivray): KLY usima, KKY wœsimima 'douse' today past perfective Vowel/diphthong deletion and reduction in class 1b verbs was optional in OKY where it is now optional or obligatory: OKY uzareuma-: KLY uzareuma-, KKY uzarma- 'go dual' OKY delupeipa (dœdupaipa) 'drown, sink': KLY dudupaka, KKY dœdupapa The irregular verb yœwi- / iya- / yœuna- 'lie/slant/lean over/down' was recorded in the form iipa (eepah), indicating the stem ii-' (the remote past form iir is found in modern KY, though not recorded in OKY). Otherwise, only yœuna- was recorded for OKY. Miscellaneous paradigms Three paradigms that have irregular morphology are: Si[ ]kai 'perhaps, maybe, possibly' (all dialects except Kalau Kawau Ya). This word modifies for singular gender : masculine sinukai/senukai; feminine sinakai/senakai; general (singular, dual, plural) sikai. In KKY, the word is invariable sike, sikedh (sikedh is more emphatic.) yawa 'goodbye, farewell, take care' (cf. yawar 'journey, travel'; yawaya- 'watch over, watch out for, etc.'). This word is only used when speaking to a single person. For two or more people, the form is yawal. masculine kame ~ kamedh, feminine kake ~ kakedh, non-singular kole