kang-u nioe

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.

Basic coding frame

Schema: 1-nom V

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 smeller NP-nom S
Examples for basic coding frame:
(15)

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.

Alternations

Alternation Derived coding frame Alternation class Occurs Comment # Ex.