Language: Zenzontepec Chatino
Contributors: Eric Campbell
Complex verb
Verb meaning: KILL [kill]
Comment: /nkay-u-aji/; CPL-CAUS-die
Schema: V 1 jiʔį̄+2 (lóʔō+3)
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | killer | Ø | A |
| 2 | killee | jiʔį̄+NP | P |
| 3 | killing instrument | lóʔō+NP | I |
| (48) |
Jā tyánana nyatę̄ nu nu nu kujwi jnūwá nu tyána nyāʔā tula ʔnena jiʔį̄. jā CONJ tyána=na POT.look.for=1PL.INCL nyatę̄ person nu NOM k-u-jwi POT-CAUS-die jiʔį̄ RN nu NOM wá DEM nu NOM tyána POT.look.for nyāʔā HAB.see.2SG tula what ʔne=na POT.do=1PL.INCL jiʔį̄ RN(.3) Let's look for someone who will kill that one (snake) and who will look for, you see, what we are going to do. |
| (49) |
wi_ nt-ujwi ti_ kwa ji7i_& nuwe&7 lo!7o_ ke_to!& Wī ntujwi tī kwa jnuwę̄ʔ lóʔō kētǫ́. wī and nt-u-jwi HAB-CAUS-die tī EMPH kwaa 1PL.EXCL jiʔį̄ RN nu NOM wiʔ DEM lóʔō RN.with kētǫ́ gun We killed those with guns. |
| (50) |
na kweta kya7a_ -V7 nk-yaa& nkay-ujwi ji7i_& na kwe!na_ -V7 Na kweta kyaʔāaʔ nkyaą nkayujwi jiʔį̄ na kwénāaʔ. na ART kweta outsider kyaʔā=Vʔ mountain=DEM nk-yaą CPL-come.BASE(.3) nkay-u-jwi CPL-CAUS-die(.3) jiʔį̄ RN na ART kwénā=Vʔ snake=DEM The Mixtec came to kill the snake. |
| (120) |
Ntāáūʔ ītzáʔ ntunaą maxi ná nkānaʔaą̄ʔ jį̄ ná yujweę̄ʔ jiʔį̄ ná yalaʔą̄ʔ jį̄. n-tāá=ūʔ HAB-give=3PL ītzáʔ word nt-una=ą HAB-hear=1PL.INCL maxi CONJ ná NEG nkā-naʔa=ą̄ʔ CPL-see=1SG jiʔį̄ RN(.3) ná NEG y-u-jwi=ą̄ʔ CPL-CAUS-die=1SG jiʔį̄ RN(.3) ná NEG y-alaʔ=ą̄ʔ CPL-touch=1SG jiʔį̄ RN(.3) They talk about it and we listen, but I never saw it, I never killed it, I never touched it. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
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