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Ainu (Southern Hokkaido), Example 136
Cikoykip uhoyuppare uterkere siri annukar.
ci-koyki-p
1PL.EXC.A-catch-NR
u-hoyuppa-re
REC-run.PL-CAUS
u-terke-re
REC-jump-CAUS
siri
VIS.EV
an=nukar
IND.A=see
I saw wild beasts running and jumping around.
Comment:
When the reciprocal prefix u- and a causative suffix co-occur, they trigger the subject-oriented sociative interpretation 'together'. Here we have the circumfix u-...-re.
Type:
Naturalistic spoken
Source:
Okuda 1993.0
: [247]
Language
:
Ainu (Southern Hokkaido)
Verb forms
:
RUN [run]: hoyupu
RUN [run]: hoyuppa
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