mung ganingawu

Complex verb

Verb meaning: LOOK AT [look-at]

Comment: Complex Verb. Lit. 'look at + SEE'. The UV is a monovalent stative predicate of direction of gaze. The intransitive alternant with inflecting verb gagba 'BE' is never used with a P but either with a dative NP ('look for X') or a directional (locative) NP ('look in direction X').

Basic coding frame

Schema: 1-erg 2-abs subj[1].obj[2].V

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 looker NP-erg subj.V A
2 looked at entity NP-abs obj.V P
Examples for basic coding frame:
(5)

Jijigurrnibiya mung ganingayim ngiyi jalig.
jijigurr-ni=biya
rock.rat-ERG=SEQ
mung
look.at
gani-ngayi-m
3SG.A:3SG.P-see-PRS
ngiyi
PROX
jalig
child
A rock rat is now looking at this child.

Comment: Frog Story

See Schultze-Berndt nd

Alternations

Alternation Derived coding frame Alternation class Occurs Comment # Ex.