Language: Zenzontepec Chatino
Contributors: Eric Campbell
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: WANT [want]
Comment: /nkwi-ii/; CPL-want; The semantics of this verb is fairly broad. It can mean 'to want', 'to think', 'to feel', 'to lack', 'to love' and 'to need'.
Examples: see at the bottom
Schema: V 1 jiʔį̄+2
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wanter | Ø | A |
| 2 | wanted thing | jiʔį̄+NP | P |
| (21) |
Nkātākǫ́ʔų̄ʔ nkwiyūʔ. nkā-t-ākǫ́ʔ=ūʔ CPL.CAUS-TRN-cover=3PL nkw-ii=ūʔ CPL-want=3PL They planned on closing it off (the place). |
| (62) |
Wī nuwęʔ kīlyóūʔ nkwiyūʔ pero ná nkyajā. wī and nu NOM wiʔ DEM k-ī-lyōó=ūʔ POT-ITER-take.out=3NSPEC nkw-ii=ūʔ CPL-want=3NSPEC pero but ná NEG nk-y-ajā CPL-ITRN-get(.3) And it was that one that they wanted to copy, but it didn't appear./Lit: 'And it was that one they wanted to take out again, but it was not found.' |
| (80) |
Nkwiiya ʔnekwēyáʔya laaʔ laaʔ tī nu jā nt-ū-nána=ūʔ jiʔį̄=ya. nkw-ii=ya CPL-want=1PL.EXCL ʔne-kwēyáʔ=ya POT.do-measure=1PL.EXCL laaʔ like.so laaʔ like.so tī EMPH nu NOM jā CONJ nt-ū-nána=ūʔ HAB-CAUS-ask.for=3PL jiʔį̄=ya RN=1PL.EXCL We wanted to try to do so, because they were asking us for it. Comment: 'ask for' has unexpressed specific object (mezcal) |
| (227) |
Ná ntii jnā chajlyā. ná NEG nt-ii HAB-want jiʔį̄ RN na ART cha-jlyā tortilla-Castille He does not want that bread. |
| (278) |
Tala ntii tzéʔā jį̄ na ítāá jwāá. tala for.sure nt-ii HAB-want(.3) tzéʔā exactly jiʔį̄ RN na ART ítā=V́ water=DEM jwaā=V́ Juan=DEM Juan, he for sure wants the water. Comment: The subject is postposed and extraclausal here. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (25) |
nk-y-a_ko!&7 nt-ii ke!tu_ xee&7 -a_&7 Nkyākǫ́ʔ ntii kétū xeęʔę̄ʔ. nk-y-ākǫ́ʔ CPL-ITRN-cover nt-ii HAB-feel kétū hole xeęʔ=ą̄ʔ nose=1SG My nose feels like it got plugged up. Comment: The verb -ii 'want', means 'feel' in this example. The example shows the basic intransitive verb from which COVER/CLOSE is derived. |
| (226) |
Chiīʔ tī ntii nuʔu kīkwīʔ jnyá. chiīʔ young.one tī COND nt-ii HAB-want nuʔu 2SG kī-kwīʔ POT-speak.2SG jnyá work Young one, if you want to, govern. |
