Language: Zenzontepec Chatino
Contributors: Eric Campbell
Complex verb
Verb meaning: ASK FOR [ask-for]
Comment: /nka-ū-nána/; CPL-CAUS-ask.for
Schema: V 1 jiʔį̄+2 jiʔį̄+3
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | asker | Ø | A |
| 2 | requested thing | jiʔį̄+NP | P |
| 3 | askee | jiʔį̄+NP | P |
| (77) |
Nkānána nā nkwítząá jnē jnīʔ kíʔyū. nkā-nána CPL.CAUS-ask.for na ART nkwítzą=V́ child=DEM jnē money jiʔį̄ RN niʔ 3SG.RSP kíʔyū male The child asked the man for money. |
| (78) |
Nkwīnyánaūʔ jnā jnēé jnā kíʔyūú. nkwī-nána=ūʔ CPL-ask.for=3NSPEC jiʔį̄ RN na ART jnē=V́ money=DEM jiʔį̄ RN na ART kíʔyū=V́ male=DEM They (nonspec.) asked the man for the money. Comment: This can mean: 'they asked for [the man's money]' |
| (79) |
Lēʔ nu tíʔnyo tzúna nyájā nuwęʔ niī nakwę ntyejnā ntūnána tzaka nyatę̄ jiʔį̄. lēʔ then nu NOM tíʔnyo fifteen tzúna three nyájā year nu NOM wiʔ DEM niī now nakwę say(.3) n-tyejnā HAB-begin nt-ū-nána HAB-CAUS-ask.for tzaka one nyatę̄ person jiʔį̄ RN(.3) At the age of eighteen it was that a person began asking for her (to marry). Comment: This is a lexicalized special sense of the word, where 'ask for her' means 'ask for her in marriage'. The askee NP is understood as the girl's family. |
| (81) |
Ná tzānánana tī jiʔį̄ nyatę̄. ná NEG tz-a-nána=na POT-go.NBASE.CAUS-ask.for=1PL.INCL tī EMPH jiʔį̄ RN nyatę̄ person We will not ask the people for it (money). Comment: object 'money' unexpressed |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
