nkw-ē-tyukwā

Language: Zenzontepec Chatino

Contributors: Eric Campbell

Unknown verb

Verb meaning: SIT DOWN [sit-down]

Comment: /nkwi-ē-tyukwā/; CPL-AUX.down-be.sitting

Basic coding frame

Schema: V 1 (LOC2)

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 sitdowner Ø S
2 sitting-down place LOC L
Examples for basic coding frame:
(183)

Nkwētyukwā chu kíʔyūú.
nkw-ē-tyukwā
CPL-AUX.down-be.sitting
chu
NOM.HUM
kíʔyū=V́
male=DEM
The man sat down.

(184)

Nkwētyukwā nto písūú.
nkw-ē-tyukwā
CPL-AUX.down-be.sitting
ntoo
face
písū=V́
floor=DEM
He sat down on the floor.

(186)

Ntákwī nchaaūʔ wiʔ nī lēʔ nu nkwētyūkwá nu ntikwiʔya chíjyą̄ʔ.
n-tákwī
STAT-be.hanging
nch-aa=ūʔ
PRG-go.NBASE=3PL
wiʔ
there
now
lēʔ
then
nu
NOM
nkw-ē-tyūkwá
CPL-AUX.down-be.sitting
nu
NOM
nti-kwiʔ=ya
HAB-speak=1PL.EXCL
chíjyą̄ʔ
cardinal
When they were going and passing there, what we call a cardinal sat down.

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