Language: Zenzontepec Chatino
Contributors: Eric Campbell
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: LOOK AT [look-at]
Comment: /nkā-naʔa/; CPL-see
Examples: see at the bottom
Schema: V 1 jiʔį̄+2
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | looker | Ø | A |
| 2 | looked at entity | jiʔį̄+NP | P |
| (19) |
k-u-t-ako_&7 -a& ji7i_& na lita -V! ja_ na! nya7a xi!kwa_& ji7i_& Kutākǫ́ʔǫ jnā litaá jā ná nyaʔa xíkwą̄ jį̄. k-u-t-ākǫ́ʔ=ą POT-CAUS-TRN-cover=1PL.INCL jiʔį̄ RN na ART lita=V́ ear.of.corn=DEM jā CONJ ná NEG nyaʔa POT.see xíkwą̄ sunlight jiʔį̄ RN(.3) We are going to cover up the corn so that the sun does not see it. |
| (64) |
"Kwinyaʔatzoʔōwą" nakwę. kwi-naʔa=tzoʔō=wą IMP-see=well=2PL nakwę say(.3) "Look here!", he said. |
| (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. |
| (153) |
Jwaā yanāʔā jnā wurū tī ná nteyatiʔ. jwaā Juan y-a-nāʔā CPL-go.NBASE-see.2SG jiʔį̄ RN na ART wurū donkey tī COND ná NEG nte-y-atiʔ PRG-ITRN-untie Juan! Go and look at the donkey to see that it is not coming untied. |
| (224) |
Nkānaʔa niʔ kíʔyū jnā nkwítzą kíʔyūuʔ. nkā-naʔa CPL-see niʔ 3SG.RSP kíʔyū male jiʔį̄ RN na ART nkwítzą child kíʔyū=Vʔ male=DEM The man saw the boy. |
| (271) |
Wiʔ nkwisēnaʔa jį̄yúʔ wiʔ. wiʔ there nkw-isē-naʔa CPL-AUX.turn-see(.3) jiʔį̄=ūʔ RN=3PL wiʔ DEM There she turned around to look at them. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (178) |
Choo keʔekāʔá nyaʔana. choo rain k-eʔe=kāʔá POT-go.down=again nyaʔa=na HAB.see=1PL.INCL It looks like it is going to rain again. |
