|Atusseu Shutit.||Judith works.|
|Atusseieu Shutita.||She makes Judith work.|
The verb atusseieu is a causative verb. It’s formed by adding the suffix -i to the stem atusse- followed by the transitive animate verb final -eu. It means make…, cause to…, render…, here, for example: work ➞ make someone work.
More examples of causative verbs:
|nikamu||he sings||nikamuieu||she makes him sing|
|ishpańu||she moves in a certain direction||ishpańieu||he causes her to move in a certain direction|
|ushiku||he is injured||ushikuieu||she injures him|
|nipu||she dies||nipaieu||he causes her to die, kills her|
|kasseńitamᵘ||he is sad||kasseńitamieu||she makes him sad|
|mińueńitamᵘ||she is happy||mińueńitamieu||he makes her happy|
Causative verbs can also be created by adding the suffix -uńi to a VTI:
|utinamᵘ||she takes something||utinamuńieu||he makes her take something|
Note: The suffix -uni doesn’t appear to be very productive in the Mamit dialect.
For more information, consult Grammaire innue (Drapeau, 2014: pp. 221-223).