Language: Zenzontepec Chatino
Contributors: Eric Campbell
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: FEAR [fear]
Comment: /y-utzę/; CPL-fear; This verb, FEAR, can be causativized to mean FRIGHTEN.
Examples: see at the bottom
Schema: V 1 jiʔį̄+2
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fearer | Ø | A |
| 2 | fear stimulus | jiʔį̄+NP | P |
| (63) |
Yutzę na nkwítzą kíʔyūú jiʔį̄ niʔ kíʔyūú. y-utzę CPL-fear na ART nkwítzą child kíʔyū=V́ male=DEM jiʔį̄ RN niʔ 3SG.RSP kíʔyū=V́ male=DEM The boy feared the man. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (232) |
Tala tutzęyu tatīyá telā. tala always t-utzę=yu ADJ-fear=3SG.M tatīyá every telā night He is always afraid every night. Comment: This example shows the verb FEAR in a derived adjectival form, used as a predicate. |
