Re: Is this realistic?

I'm confused by something.   You wrote that there would be the following
markers:

<<1. Anterior tense marker.
2. Irrealis mood marker.
3. Non-punctual (progressive) aspect marker.>>

And that would then leave the unmarked form of the verb as:

<<Thus, the unmarked form of the verb (with respect to TMA) would be aorist
aspect, concomitant tense, and indicative mood.>>

Therefore, if you combined aorist and anterior, how could it be the
perfective?   It'd be the anterior, wouldn't it?   Since aorist is the unmarked form of
the verb.   If you could, there'd be no way to form the anterior, via the
scheme you set out.   To represent it graphically:

maka = "to eat"
na = anterior
ki = "I"

So...

ki maka = "I eat" aorist

na ki maka = "I ate/have eaten" perfective

na ki maka = ? anterior

Did I get that right, or did I miss something?   (And, just as a refresher,
what exactly does "aorist" mean?   I've never been clear.   I still use terms
like "present", "past" and "future".)

-David