ngûrû

Simplex verb

Verb meaning: WASH [wash]

Basic coding frame

Schema: 1 > V 2

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 washer Ø A
2 washed entity Ø P
Examples for basic coding frame:
(69)

Nèxuu ngûrû na xûûchî.
nèxuu
girl
ngûrû
wash
na
PST
xûûchî
child
The girl washed the child.

(198)

Fè ngûrû rè nèkârâmè röö!
go
ngûrû
wash
POSS
nèkârâmè
face
rö-ö
POSS-2SG
Go wash your face!

See Moyse-Faurie 1995.0: [167]

(199)

Chaa sê ngûrû mîrî, dè saakä kùrè.
chaa
one
woman
ngûrû
wash
mîrî
dish
other
saakä
stow.away
kùrè
cooking.pot
One woman washes the dishes, the other one stows away the cooking pots.

See Moyse-Faurie 1995.0: [67]

Alternations

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