Compound verbs

A pattern that has been seen is that of a verb stem + enim "to do" to form a new verb. The verb stem does not seem to have a meaning on its own, for example:

solohoenim "I will jump up vertically".

soloho has no meaning on its own. The enim part of the verb conjugates in the exact same way as enim "to do" does on its own.

The team concludes that these are compound verb stems and they will be written as a single word.

List of example compound verb stems

• bololoenim "to snore"
• solohoenim "to jump"
• umbaenim "to kiss"
• paenim "to shoot"
• puenim "to blow"
• tupuenim "to bang on the ground"
• hotunguenim "to cough"
• esingienim "to sneeze"
• gienim "to stop the noise"
• hanandoenim "to stomp"
• olombenim "to be still and silent"
• nehenim "to be sot win"
• ubuenim "to be broken"
• salahaenim "to chip pieces off"