verbs of carrying

[Gunter Senft]

Dear Debbie!

here are Kilivila verbs of carrying:

-gebila-                 to carry
-kau-                     to take (away), to carry
-gabi-                    to carry on one's head (done by women only)
-katake'u-           to carry on one's shoulder (done by men only)
-katakeva-          to carry on one's shoulder (done by men only)
-takausi-              to carry on one's shoulder (done by men only)
-pwesi-                 to carry under one's arm (that's the way men usually carry their woven bags, but the verb is not gender specific)
-kauve-PPIV-     to carry s.o. pick-a-pack (PPIV = possessive pronoun, inalienable possession)
                                Tama-m e-kauve-m  = Your father carries you pick-a-pack
-papi-                    to carry s.o. pick-a-pack
-koke'ula-            to keep on carrying

-katakeva- is a variant of -katake'u- ; I do not know anything about the semantic difference between these two verbs and the verb -takausi-

All the best from Nijmegen
Yours,
Gunter

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From: an-lang-bounces at anu.edu.au [mailto:an-lang-bounces at anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Deborah.Hill
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 1:21 AM
To: an-lang at anu.edu.au
Subject: [An-lang] verbs of carrying

I'm working on verbs of carrying in Longgu (Oceanic) and I wondered if anyone had any data on 'carry' verbs in other Austronesian languages (and especially Western Austronesian languages).

The two things that I'm most interested in are:


1.       Is there a verb for 'carry on the head' (and if so, what is it)?

2.       Are there modes of carrying that are (semantically) gender-based?  (i.e. women carry things in one way, men in another).

The verb for 'carry something on the head' in Longgu is SUNGI.

Thanks for your help!

Debbie

Dr Deborah Hill
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