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Zenzontepec Chatino, Example 24
nk-ya_ko!&7 kitza&7 ke nu kuna_7a!& nu n-ta_a! kwi!ti_
Nkyākǫ́ʔ kitząʔ ke nu kūnáʔa nu ntāá kwítī.
nk-y-ākǫ́ʔ
CPL-ITRN-cover
kitząʔ
hair
ke
head
nu
NOM
kūnáʔa
female
nu
NOM
n-tāá
HAB-give
kwítī
medicine
The nurse's hair is covered up (with a cloth).
Comment:
This example shows the basic intransitive verb from which COVER/CLOSE is derived.
Type:
Offered by speaker from visual stimulus
Language
:
Zenzontepec Chatino
Verb forms
:
CLOSE [close]: nka-t-ākǫ́ʔ
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