Alternation ‘Locative’ for Verb form ‘gomta

Basic coding frame Derived coding frame
1-nom 2-acc V N/A

Alternation occurs: Marginally

Comment: It requires the equipollent alternation.

Examples for basic coding frame

(19)

U miisi ili uusita gomgomta.
u
det
miisi
cat
ili
small
uusi-ta
child-acc
gom~gomta
rdp:hab~frighten
The cat frightens the little boy.

See Estrada Fernández et al. 2010.0: [88]

(285)

U chu'u yoemta gomtak.
u
det
chu'u
dog
yoem-ta
man-acc
gomta-k
frighten-pfv
The dog frightened the man.

Alternation examples

(189)

U yoeme chu'utat gomtek.
u
det
yoeme
man
chu'u-ta-t
dog-acc-loc
gomte-k
frighten.intr-pfv
The man got scared of the dog.