Observation
akuneu s/he photographs him/her apu akunin you don’t photograph me
kańeu s/he hides him/her, it (anim) nikańau I hide it (anim)

These verb stems end in the consonant n or ń. The verbs are conjugated regularly, i.e. the form of the stem stays the same throughout the conjugation.

TA VERBS WITH n OR ń STEMS
akuaneu s/he drops him/her off apu akuanat s/he doesn’t drop him/her off
akuneu s/he photographs him/her nitakunauat I photograph them
upineu s/he raises him/her nupinikuti s/he raised me
uińeu s/he names him/her tshuińin you name me
kańeu s/he hides him/her, it (anim) kańepan s/he hid it (anim)
mińeu s/he gives it to him/her mińekᵘ! (you pl) give it to him/her!
NOTES ON SPELLING
  • Since these stems end in a consonant, the vowel i must be added when adding a suffix that begins with a consonant: tshi+uiń+n = tshuińin you name me.
  • With stems ending in n or ń, attention must be paid to forms where a suffix beginning with n is added: tshikańnan you hide us, tshimińnau you (pl) give it to me. For the 2s-1s form, the suffix n comes after the stem ending in n or ń: tshi+miń+n = tshimiń (a low tone indicates the delection of this suffix).
  • With mixed and non-local inverse forms, note the phenomenon of vowel harmonisation with the sequences ikᵘ and iku: nimińikᵘ […ukw] s/he gives it to me, mińiku […uku] s/he (obv) gives it to me.