Examples
(39)
Mokor uske ecinukare kusne na.
mokor
sleep
usi-ke
place-POSS
eci=nukar-e
1SG.A+2SG.O=see-CAUS
kusu-ne
going.to-COP
na
FIN
‘I will show you the bed.’
(40)
Apoutari aacautari anukare somo ki yak wen kusu ...
a=po-utar-i
IND.A=child-PL-POSS
a=aca-utar-i
IND.A=uncle-PL-POSS
a=nukar-e
IND.A=see-CAUS
somo
NEG
ki
do.AUX
yak
if
wen
be.bad
kusu
because
‘We had to show our children to uncles, so...’
(41)
Kamuy ka neno ainukare, eani ka neno ainukare ruwe ne na.
kamuy
god
ka
also
ne-no
COP-ADV
a=i=nukar-e
IND.A=IND.O=see-CAUS
eani
2SG
ka
also
ne-no
COP-ADV
a=i=nukar-e
IND.A=IND.O=see-CAUS
ruwe
INF.EV
ne
COP
na
FIN
‘(I did not swallow snakes.) I have just shown myself like this to the gods, I have shown myself like this to you.’
Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types
# | SHOW | Coding set | Argument type |
---|---|---|---|
1 | shower | subj.V | A |
2 | showing addressee | obj.V | P |
3 | shown thing | Ø | X |
Alternations
Alternation name | Occurs | Comment | Coded? | Derived Coding frame | Examples |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C
|
RRegularly | y |
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C
|
MMarginally | y |
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C
|
RRegularly | Prefix si-. Reflexive-causative (also used as an anticausative marker). Valency-reducing. Object-deleting. | y | ||
C
|
–No data | y | |||
C
|
–No data | y | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
C
|
–No data | y | |||
C
|
NNever | y | |||
C
|
NNever | y |