animate wa-

[R. Rankin]

How might one say "There was a lot of killing in
the war/slaughter."  ??  I suppose the PP and
'many' would be different, but I'd expect to see
the WA- sentences become grammatical with that
meaning.

Or maybe not.

> (2) *okichize el  ota       wa-kte-pi
> war           in  many  WA-kill-PL
> 'many were killed in the war'

> (4) *owichakte el  ota       wa-kte-pi
> slaughter     in  many   WA-kill-PL
> 'many were killed in the slaughter'

Bob