Language: Mitsukaido Japanese
Contributors: Kan Sasaki
Complex verb
Verb meaning: SMELL [smell]
Comment: I have never seen the kang-u examples without nioe. I have never seen the example with the smelled entity standing in the object position.
Schema: 1-nom V
# | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
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1 | smeller | NP-nom | S |
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Negome nezuminga nioe ka{e/n}-da. nego-me cat-DIM.NOM nezumi=nga mouse=POS nioe smell.ACC ka{e/n}-da smell-PST The cat caught the mouse's scent. |
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