Examples
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Tʁan օʒin cececʰ pʰajtov.
tʁa-n
boy-def
օʒ-i-n
snake-dat-def
cec-ecʰ
beat-aor.3sg
pʰajt-ov
stick-instr
‘The boy beat the snake with the stick.’
Verb meanings , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types
# | BEAT | GRIND | Coding set | Argument type |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | beater | grinder | NP-nom V.subj | A |
2 | beatee | ground thing | NP-nomdat | P |
3 | beating instrument | grinding instrument | NP-instr | I |