an

Complex verb

Verb meaning: APPEAR [appear]

Comment: Most Ainu verbs lack inherent aspectual characteristics, e.g. an EXIST.SG/APPEAR.SG(=become existing).

Basic coding frame

Schema: 1 LOC2 subj[1].V

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 appearer subj.V S
2 appear location LOC L
Examples for basic coding frame:
(145)

Tan kotan ta hempak pa ean ruwe an?
tan
this
kotan
village
ta
LOC
hempak
how.many
pa
year
e=an
2SG.S=exist.SG
ruwe
INF.EV
an
exist.SG
How many years have you lived in this village?

See Bugaeva and Endo 2010.0

(146)

Okkaypo tun pakno an ruwe ne noyne siran.
okkay-po
man-DIM
tu-n
two-thing.CL
pak-no
till-ADV
an
exist.SG
ruwe
INF.EV
ne
COP
noyne
seem
sir-an
ground/world-exist.SG
It seemed that there appeared two men (on the road).

Comment: (AB 261)

See Bugaeva 2004.0: [261]

Alternations

Alternation Derived coding frame Occurs Comment # Ex.