Language: Zenzontepec Chatino
Contributors: Eric Campbell
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: SEARCH FOR [search-for]
Comment: /nkwi-tyána/; CPL-look.for
Schema: V 1 jiʔį̄+2
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | searcher | Ø | A |
| 2 | searched for thing | jiʔį̄+NP | P |
| (45) |
nkwi-tya!na ni7 ki!7yu_ -V! ji7i_& na_ nkwi!tza& ki!7yu_ -V! Nkwītyána niʔ kíʔyūú jnā nkwítzą kíʔyūú. nkwī-tyána CPL-look.for niʔ 3SG.RSP kíʔyū=V́ male=DEM jiʔį̄ RN na ART nkwítzą child kíʔyū=V́ male=DEM The man searched for the child. |
| (46) |
nkwi_-tya!na -u_7 ji7i_& na nkwi!tza& ki!7yu_ -V7 Nkwītyánaūʔ jnā nkwítzą kíʔyūuʔ. nkwī-tyána=ūʔ CPL-look.for=3NSPEC jiʔį̄ RN na ART nkwítzą child kíʔyū=Vʔ male=DEM They (nonspecific) searched for the child. |
| (47) |
le_7 nk-ya=ta=sa7a& ti_ luwi7 nakwe&. cha=tya!na -a_&7 ji7i_& -yu la7a_ nakwe& "Chātyánaą̄ʔ jyū" laʔā nakwę. chā-tyána=ą̄ʔ POT.go.BASE-look.for=1SG jiʔį̄=yu RN=3SG.M laʔā like.so nakwę say(.3) "I am going to go to look for him", he said. |
| (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. |
| (264) |
kwi-tya!na -wa& tzu!na jlyani_. Kwityánawą tzúna jlyanī. kwi-tyána=wą IMP-look.for=2PL tzúna three jlyanī name Look for three names. |
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