kayát

Kayat is a root verb meaning “want” or “like.” Constantino classifies it as goal-focus and describes its actor as definite. Attached actors include ko, “I,” mo, “you,” and na, “he or she.” In Kayatko, ko identifies the person with the desire, rather than an owner.

A desired common-noun phrase can follow with ti; a personal name retains ni. Compare wanting coffee with liking a named person. The English interpretation depends on the complement and situation. Na does not distinguish gender.

A ti-marked action can share kayat’s actor without repeating that participant. A linked clause can instead name another performer. These complement patterns should not automatically be transferred to every necessity or possibility predicate. The catalog accent indicates stress; ordinary examples omit it and attach short pronouns according to the selected modern orthography.