Interesting Constituency Example

[Koontz John E]

On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Koontz John E wrote:
> What I noticed first was that the applicative i- is, in effect, outside
> the infixing (incorporating) causative construction t?e=dhe 'kill' ('cause
> to die').  The constituency of it?e=...dhe is i-[t?e=...dhe].

Or maybe not.  I've now also noticed it?e' 'to die of'.  I think the
nested structure is correct, because of the general use of i- as the
instrumental applicative, but it would be hard to argue against it?e'.