Alternation ‘Middle’ for Verb form ‘etejo

Basic coding frame Derived coding frame
1-nom 2-dir 3-acc V N/A

Alternation occurs: No data

Examples for basic coding frame

(67)

U ili uusi jamut eteorita neu etejok.
u
det
ili
little
uusi
child
jamut
woman
eteori-ta
story-acc
ne-u
1sg-dir
etejo-k
tell-pfv
The little girl told me a story.

(318)

Achaim, emou ne etejobae.
achai-m
mister-pl
emo-u
2pl.refl-dir
ne
1sg
etejo-bae
tell-des
Gentlemen, I want to tell you (...).

Comment: Many of the Yaqui narratives begin with these words of introduction.

See Estrada Fernández et al. 2010.0: [85]