Language: Ainu (Southern Hokkaido)
Contributors: Anna Bugaeva
References: Tamura 1985.0; Tamura 1996.0; Nakagawa 1995.0; Chiri 1981.0; Nakagawa and Bugaeva 2010.0; Okuda 1995.0; Watanabe et al. 1997.0; Kubodera 1992.0; Kayano 1996.0; Chiri 1978.0; Kubodera 1977.0; Nakagawa 2001.0; Tamura 1986.0; Nevskij 1972.0; Bugaeva and Endo 2010.0; Satoo 1997.0; Bugaeva 2004.0; Kayano 1998.0; Sunazawa 1983.0; Okuda 1993.0; Okuda 1999.0; Batchelor 1938.0; Tamura 2000.0; Nakagawa 2001.0; Okuda 1994.0; Satoo 2002.0; Honda and Yasuda 1997.0; Hattori 1964.0; Satoo 1998.0; Kindaichi 0.0; Chiri 1978.0; Alpatov et al. 2007.0; Bugaeva 2011.0; Tamura 0.0
Complex verb
Verb meaning: LOOK AT [look-at]
Comment: The verb inkar 'look' (vi) may be traced back to i-nukar [APASS-see]. With animate goal the transitive counterpart nukar ‘see’ is used instead.
Schema: 1 2+un subj[1].V
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | looker | subj.V | S |
| 2 | looked at entity | NP+un | X |
| (89) |
Ni ka un inkar wa inukar. ni tree/wood ka top un ALL inkar look wa and i=nukar IND.O=see The pup looked up at the tree and then looked at me. Comment: inkar < i-nukar <APASS-see> |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
