A verbal affix in a single-argument construction. It signals that many people or items are affected in the same way / doing the same action, or that one item or person is affected repeatedly.
The C stands for ‘consonant’ which is always the same as the first consonant of the following root.
What she carries keeps falling because she has nothing to put it in.
I repeatedly fell because the trail was slippery.
The speech of that person is all mixed (different languages together).
I just keep blinking (my eyes) lest my eyes are hit by those children throwing stones.
She just does several things at the same time because she has much to do.
REPRESENTATIVE VERBS THAT TAKE Cew-
| verb |
English gloss |
form with Cew- prefix |
| ------------ |
------------------------ |
---------------------- |
| duddag |
fall off |
dewduddag |
| hantak |
fall on buttocks |
hewhantak |
| labo' |
fall |
lewlabo' |
| pagpag |
drop, fall |
pewpagpag |
| hebba' |
topple |
hewhebba' |
| lagumey |
mix |
lewlagumey |
| saget |
mix |
sewsaget |
| kilep |
blink |
kewungkilep |
| kisi' |
grin |
kewungkisi' |
| singkab1 |
do things at same time |
sewsingkab |