Verbs

This page lists Kunwok verbs. For information about the various forms of the verb, please see Verb Conjugations. For verbs derived from adjectives see Adjectives.

Note that verbs sometimes incorporate nouns, e.g. bolknan (country-look, ie look around), bowurlhke (water-burn, ie boil). Sometimes, the meaning mightn't be predictable from the parts, e.g. bolkmang (country-get, ie arrive).

When the meaning of a verb is predictable from its parts, we don't bother listing it. You need to strip off the incorporated noun when looking up the verb. For example, to find the past perfective for "bolknan", look up "nan" to find "nang" then you have it: "bolknang".

Note that the final nj of irrealis forms is optional, e.g. "bakmeninj" or "bakmeni" are both recognised as irrealis.

Irregular Verbs
-bongun (drink) and -balhngun (copulate, vulg) follow the ngun pattern