☞ The Ꮒ- prefix can be combined with the special suffix -ᎥᎾ (-v⁴nạ) on past events to create a “without” meaning.

• ᎤᏬᏂᏒᎢ. “He/she spoke.”

  • ᏄᏬᏂᏒᎾ. (Ꮒ + ᎤᏬᏂᏒᎢ + ᎥᎾ.)

    • “Without him speaking it.”

  • ᏣᎳᎩ ᏄᏬᏂᏒᎾ ᎤᏬᏂᏎᎢ.

    • “He/she spoke without speaking Cherokee.”

• ᎤᏚᎸᎲᎢ. “He/she wanted him/her/it.”

  • ᏄᏚᎸᎲᎾ. (Ꮒ + ᎤᏚᎸᎲᎢ + ᎥᎾ.)

    • “He/she is without want of it.”

  • ᎤᎨᎢ ᏄᏚᎸᎲᎾ.

    • “He/she ate it without wanting it.”

  • ᎠᎩᎠ ᏄᏚᎸᎲᎾ.

    • “He/she is eating it without wanting it.”

• ᎤᏩᏚᏅᎢ. “He/she baked it.”

  • ᎤᎨᎢ ᏄᏩᏚᏅᎾ. (Ꮒ + ᎤᏩᏛᏅᎢ + ᎥᎾ.)

    • “He/she ate it without baking it.”