composed of: si=2 begin/make, t'aa1 sit/exist/be
intransitive verb. start to do (takes a verb complement - start to sing, etc.)
Ts'uusga na txooyu ła hi sit'aamayu da wil waalu. My pay cheque was small when I first started.
'Nüüyu dm int sit'aa limii. I am going to start the song.
Flora Eaton beginning to weave a mat. Photograph by Margaret Anderson, 1980.