Language: Zenzontepec Chatino
Contributors: Eric Campbell
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: GIVE [give]
Comment: /nka-tāá/; CPL-give; Can also mean 'allow'.
Schema: V 1 jiʔį̄+2 jiʔį̄+3
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | giver | Ø | A |
| 2 | gift | jiʔį̄+NP | P |
| 3 | giving recipient | jiʔį̄+NP | P |
| (40) |
nka-_ta_a! na nkwi!tza& ku_na!7a -V! ji7i_& na liwru_ -V! ji7i_& ni7 matru skwela_ -V! Nkātāá na nkwítzą kūnáʔaá jnā liwrūú jnīʔ matrū skwelāá. nkā-tāá CPL-give na ART nkwítzą child kūnáʔa=V́ female=DEM jiʔį̄ RN na ART liwrū=V́ book=DEM jiʔį̄ RN niʔ 3SG.RSP matrū master skwelā=V́ school=DEM The girl gave the book to the teacher. |
| (154) |
Jwāá ná yatoǫtīʔ jnā lúkwīí nu nkātáą̄ʔ jiʔį̄yu. jwaā=V́ Juan=DEM ná NEG y-a-toǫ-tīʔ CPL-go.NBASE-be.standing-living.core(.3) jiʔį̄ RN na ART lúkwī=V́ mezcal=DEM nu NOM nkā-tāá=ą̄ʔ CPL-give=1SG jiʔį̄=yu RN=3SG.M Juan did not like the mezcal I gave him. |
| (157) |
Ná nīkwę̄ tu nāáʔ ntákwēę̄ʔ kyaʔa jā jiʔį́ tyaʔą-la-saʔą tza liya nu tāá. ná NEG nīkwę̄ POT.say.2SG tu IRR nāáʔ 1SG n-tákwī=ą̄ʔ STAT-be.hanging=1SG kyaʔa guilt jā CONJ jiʔį́ RN.2SG tyaʔą-la-saʔą POT.go.around-ADJ-be.attached(.3) tza one liya time nu NOM tāá POT.give(.3) Don't say that it is my fault if he goes after you once he gives it to you. |
| (204) |
Yakwiʔ nu kūnáʔa jyą́ʔ i nkātāá súkwā jį̄náʔ. y-akwiʔ CPL-speak nu NOM kūnáʔa female jiʔį̄=ą̄ʔ RN=1SG i and nkā-tāá CPL-give(.3) súkwā food jiʔį̄ RN nāáʔ 1SG The woman spoke to me and offered me food. |
| (274) |
Tyāá tī ntyūsé nuwę̄ʔ jiʔį́ nī. tyāá POT.ITER.give tī EMPH ntyūsé god nu NOM wiʔ DEM jiʔį́ RN.2SG nī now God will give that back to you now. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
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