Language: Yorùbá (Standard Yoruba)
Contributors: Joseph Atoyebi
Complex verb
Verb meaning: HIDE [hide]
Comment: A bipartite verb; the object of the verb is sometimes inserted between the two halves of the verb in a construction that appears like a serial verb construction i.e., NP pa NP mó̩. This is the basic construction. There is also the alternate construction in which fi is used to introduce the theme. In this construction the form of the verb is preserved as a single unit.
Schema: 1 V 2
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hider | Ø | A |
| 2 | hidden thing | Ø | P |
| (73) |
obìrin náà pa ojúu rè̩ mó̩ Obìrin náà pa ojúu rè̩ mó̩. obìrin woman náà DEF pa V1 ojúu eye.POSS rè̩ 3SG.POSS mó̩ V2 The woman hid her face. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
