Examples
(17)
(Aanak) (jleena[=yang]) (baathu=dering) arà-picaking.
aanak
child
jleena=yang
window=acc
baathu=dering
stone=abl
arà-picaking
nonpast-broken.caus
‘The child breaks the window with a stone.’
(108)
Itthu giini bolepiccakang thundu padanang.
itthu
dist
giini
like.this
bole-picca-kang
can-broken-caus
thundu
piece
pada=nang
pl=dat
‘You can break those things to pieces like this.’
(109)
Itthusubbath derangpada jaalang aràgijja, butthul ruuma padayang aràpiccakang.
itthusubbath
therefore
derang
3pl
pada
pl
jaalang
street
arà-gijja
nonpast-make
butthul
correct
ruuma
house
pada=yang
pl=acc
arà-picca-kang
nonpast-broken-caus
‘There for they are making streets, they are demolishing good houses. / Therefore, they construct streets and good houses are getting demolished.’
Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types
# | BREAK | Coding set | Argument type |
---|---|---|---|
1 | breaker | Ø | A |
2 | broken thing | NP-acc | P |
3 | breaking instrument | NP-abl | I |