Language: Jaminjung (Both Jaminjung and Ngaliwurru varieties)
Contributors: Eva Schultze-Berndt
Complex verb
Verb meaning: CARRY [carry]
Comment: Complex Verb. Lit. 'carry under one arm + TAKE'. Uninflecting verbs are lexically specific as to the manner of carrying, e.g. 'under one arm in a cooliman', 'on the shoulder', 'in both arms in front of body = hug', 'with a strap'. These are bivalent stative predicates which can also combine with ganimuwa 'HAVE'; the motion component is added by the inflecting verbs ganuga 'TAKE' or gananthamany 'BRING'. Since all of these behave the same in terms of valency, only one representative of the set has been entered here.
Schema: 1-erg 2-abs subj[1].obj[2].V
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carrier | NP-erg subj.V | A |
| 2 | carried thing | NP-abs obj.V | P |
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Thuruthuruny yirranyi yag (buru yagbalibina). thuru-thuruny RDP-carry.under.arm yirr-anyi 1PL.EXCL.A:3SG.P-take.PST.IPFV yag fish buru return yagbali-bina place-ALL We used to carry fish under our arms (i.e. in a cooliman / wooden carrying vessel) (back to the camp). Comment: Phrase in brackets added by linguist. The verb stem -anyi is a suppletive variant of -uga 'take'. |
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