nampaN- -anvprefix, functions to distribute the activity among plural agent-subjects; the activities are durative in aspect, past tenseHipa yu nampamhatan ida eyan kamengellab ni intanem kun ampalaya?Why have you been cutting this climbing bitter-gourd that I planted?Yad he-pen ni baley di Pablo hu nampamnalan min hi-gada.It was below the house of Pablo where we stoned them.SimkamampaN-mampaN-nampaN-This circumfix is used in a topicalization or question clausal structure.