Complex verb
Verb meaning: LOAD [load]
Comment: Means 'load to overflowing', 'fill'. It is the derived causative form of the verb apls 'overflow'. This is an unusual example of the aspectual choice affecting the case frame: it appears that the perfective, which has the meaning 'to overflowing', puts the theme in the absolutive, while the imperfective, which means 'to the brim', puts it in the locative. So far this is the only verb attested like this.
Schema: 1-erg 2-abs 3-loc und[2].V.act[1]
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | loader | NP-erg & V.act | A |
| 2 | loaded thing | NP-abs & und.V | P |
| 3 | loading place | NP-loc | L |
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Bmbem pitasan nne baba yapltat gowawan. bmbem 2nsgERG pitas-an enough-LOC nne food(ABS) baba RCN y-apl-ta-t 3sgU:α-fill-ND:IPF-3nsgA gowa-wan canoe-LOC You’ve loaded the canoe up completely (with enough). See Evans 2010.0: [6] |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
