prefix which derives gerund-like constructions from verbs.
In these constructions, eh or eh plus pronoun or noun precedes the n- verb. In some constructions, the prefix ng- plus its verb is the referent of ya "what, that which". These constructions can be translated with an English gerund. In constructions with two contiguous actor
focus verbs, one or both may be translated with an English gerund. If only one of the verbs is translated with a gerund, it
will be the second verb. As in n- 1 above, this n- 2 is a manifestation of the morphophoneme N- prefix which replaces the initial letter on stems that begin with s or t .
What they planned last night was scheduling the stealing of Abdul's chicken by and by.
If [you] to plant seaweed, first now borrow money from the bank. The agreement is each harvesting or weighing [you] must pay.
If [you] don't pay, the land [on the reef] can be taken [by the bank].