Language: Yorùbá (Standard Yoruba)
Contributors: Joseph Atoyebi
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: WASH [wash]
Comment: A transitive verb; but can also be used intransitively in the inchoative-causative alternation involving a patientive subject. The verb meaning itself is 'bathe'. Unlike its variant fò̩, it is always used in connection with animate referents, alive or dead, and sometimes body parts, e.g. hand(s), leg(s) and the face.
Schema: 1 V 2
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | washer | Ø | A |
| 2 | washed entity | Ø | P |
| (20) |
Ade we̩ o̩mo̩ náà. Ade Ade we̩ bathe o̩mo̩ child náà DEF Ade bathe the child. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
