dómo

Language: Mandinka

Contributors: Denis Creissels

Simplex verb

Verb meaning: EAT [eat]

Comment: Dómo 'eat' is the only Mandinka verb whose antipassive form (dómó-ri) is used not only as an action noun, but also as a verb.

Basic coding frame

Schema: 1 > 2 > V

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 eater Ø A
2 eaten food Ø P
Examples for basic coding frame:
(10)

Díndíŋo ye mbúuroo dómo.
díndíŋ-o
child-DEF
ye
PF.POS
mbúur-oo
bread-DEF
dómo
eat
The child ate the bread.

Alternations

Alternation Derived coding frame Occurs Comment # Ex.