Language: Hoocąk (Wisconsin Hoocąk)
Contributors: Iren Hartmann
Complex verb
Verb meaning: FILL [fill]
Comment: combination of v.inact. + v.caus. (lexicalized); lit. means "cause sth. to be full". The filling material can occasionally be expressed, but it is not commonly done so.
Schema: 1 2 (3) und[2].act[1].V
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | filler | act.V | A |
| 2 | filled container | obj:und.V | P |
| 3 | filling material | Ø | I |
| (13) |
Wooracgąra hanąąc hoixjį wahaagįnį. wooracgą=ra cup=DEF hanąąc all hoixjį be.full wa-haa=gįnį OBJ.3PL-make/CAUS\1E.A=already I filled all the glasses already. |
| (14) |
Wooracgąra hanąąc nįį hoixjį wahaa. wooracgą=ra cup=DEF hanąąc all nįį water hoixjį be.full wa-haa OBJ.3PL-make/CAUS\1E.A I filled all the glasses with water. Comment: nįį cannot be modified, not even with an inactive verb |
| (15) |
Jaagu'ų wooracgą hanįra nįįšoc hoixjį raa? jaagu'ų why wooracgą cup hanį=ra have.NTL\1E.A=DEF nįį-šooc water-be.hazy hoixjį be.full raa make/CAUS\2.A Why did you fill my glass with muddy water? Comment: counterpart of ex 732 |
| (733) |
Wooracgąnąąkre hoixjį waraaną? wooracgą=nąąkre cup=POS.NTL.PL:PROX hoixjį be.full wa-raa-ną OBJ.3PL-make/CAUS\2.A-POT Can you fill these cups? Comment: wooražuną would sound better |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
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