Language: Yucatec Maya (dialect of Quintana Roo, zona maya)
Contributors: Christian Lehmann
Complex verb
Verb meaning: STEAL [steal]
Comment: extraversive to ookol. ookolt displays an uncoded alternation of assigning direct object function either to the stolen thing or to the robbed person. As it is the only verb, besides púust, to do so, no alternation was set up.
Schema: sbj[1].V.obj[2] 2 1
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stealer | sbj.V | A |
| 2 | stolen thing | V.obj | P |
| (347) |
Wa'pach'e' ka bin ho'p' u ch'úuktik máax ookoltik. wa'pach'-e' giant-TOP ka CONJ bin QUOT ho'p' begin u SBJ.3 ch'úuk-t-ik watch-TRR-INCMPL máax who ookol-t-ik steal-TRR-INCMPL The giant started watching who was robbing him. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
