ṭaḥana (طحن)

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A stem I verb

Coding frame

Example

(159)
Ṭaḥanat annisāʾu lbud̠ūra bilmidaqati.
ṭaḥanat
grind.PRF.3SG.F
an-nisāʾ-u
ART-women.F.PL-NOM
l-bud̠ūr-a
ART-seed.M.PL-ACC
bi-l-midaqat-i
with-ART-pestle.F-GEN
‘The women ground the seeds with the pestle.’
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Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types

# GRIND Coding set Argument type
1 grinder V.subj NP-nom A
2 ground thing NP-acc P
3 grinding instrument bi+NP I

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Stem VIII Reflexive more info
N y
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Stem IV Causative more info
N y
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Locative Alternation 1 more info
N n
C
Stem VI Reciprocal more info
N y
C
Stem VI Reflexive more info
N y
U
Prepositional (min 'from') / Accusative Object Alternation more info
N n
C
Stem II Causative more info
N y
C
Stem V Anticausative more info
N y
C
Stem V Reflexive more info
N y
C
Stem VI Passive more info
N y
C
Stem VII Passive more info
N y
C
Stem VIII Reciprocal more info
N y
U
Theme / Recipient Alternation - Prepositional (li+ 'to') / Accusative Object more info
N n
U
Locative Alternation 2 more info
N n
C
Stem X Causative more info
N y
U
Prepositional (bi+) / Accusative object Alternation more info
N n
C
Stem VII Anticausative more info
N y
C
Stem VIII Anticausative more info
N y
U
Locative Alternation 3 more info
N n
U
Goal Alternation - Prepositional (ʾilâ+ 'to') / Accusative Object more info
N n
U
Object Omission Alternation more info
N n
U
Theme / Source Alternation - Prepositional (min+ 'from') Accusative Object more info
N n
C
Caused Motion Alternation more info
N y
U
Object Adding Alternation more info
N n