Language: Zenzontepec Chatino
Contributors: Eric Campbell
Complex verb
Verb meaning: LIVE [live]
Comment: /nk-ā-tāká/; CPL-be-ADJ.be; This is also an existential predicate. As such, it can be used for predicative possession as well. It can also mean 'to be born'.
Schema: V 1 (LOC2)
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | liver | Ø | S |
| 2 | living place | LOC | L |
| (112) |
Nāxíʔi tu tijyuʔ tākáą nteēri tāká nkwítzą ntujwiʔ jį̄. nāxíʔi not.be tu IRR tijyuʔ far tāká=ą ADJ.be=1PL.INCL nteē=ri here=only tāká ADJ.be nkwítzą child nt-ujwiʔ HAB-sell jiʔį̄ RN(.3) We don't live far, right here lives a kid who sells them. Comment: 2 instances of the verb 'live' in this example |
| (113) |
Wī tī nuwęʔ wī chiīʔ wala=rā nk-ā=tāká wiʔ? wī and tī EMPH nu NOM wiʔ DEM wī and chiīʔ young.one wala=rā where=now nk-ā-tāká CPL-be-ADJ.be(.3) wiʔ DEM And him, young one, where did he live? |
| (114) |
Luwiʔ nkātāká nāáʔ ta tāká nyatę̄ ntē luwiʔ. luwiʔ then nk-ā-tāká CPL-be-ADJ.be nāáʔ 1SG ta already tāká ADJ.be nyatę̄ person nteē here luwiʔ then At that time I was born. There were already people here at that time. Comment: This example shows the verb in completive aspect, where in this instance it means 'was born', and the root also appears in a more-basic adjectival (but still derived) form with stative-like aspect meaning 'exist', 'live', where it illustrates the coding frame. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
