States (language)

States are a type of root word that can't stand on its own. It could be thought of as the "state" of that idea, vs the idea directly. Exampes of states that have synonymous non-states:

Hi (state) - Human

T'ki (non-state) - Human or natural

In order for states to be nominalized, an extension must be given to the state. This is true whenever a state is (otherwise) the last morpheme in the word. These extensions are the singular tana and the plural te (as in "hite, hitana")

States also take a different extension (po) when they become adjectives.