zong (verb, transitive)
| English: | save defend | 
| source: | ASG (2009) | 
affix examples
| z·am·ong | PST | simple past | 
| z·ìm·ong | PST | close past (just {verb}ed) | 
| z·ìy·ong | FUT | close future (will {verb} soon) | 
| z·ay·ong | FUT | future | 
| z·ol·ong | PFV | perfective (finished) | 
| z·er·ong | IPFV | imperfective (unfinished) | 
| z·iv·ong | SJV | subjunctive (possibility mode) | 
| z·ei·ong | LAUD | amelioration (favorable connotation) | 
| z·äng·ong | PEJ | pejorative (negative connotation) | 











