argument structure k'u etc.

[Bruce Ingham]

On 1/4/05 6:57 am, "Alfred W. Tüting" <ti at fa-kuan.muc.de> wrote:

I just noticed this reference to me.  Yes wicanic'u would be 'he gave you to
them'.  It's one of my many minor errors.  I'm not sure where I got these
from, but probably Bushotter, which forms most of my data base.  As far as I
remember the context was 'giving in marriage'.  There are very few such
examples in my experience

Bruce
> 3) That's what I found at B. Ingham's: wicacic'u [wicha'chic?u] given as
> "I gave you to them". Also: wicanic'u [wicha'nic?u] translated as "They
> gave you to them "in marriage)" (which I'd expected to be wicanic'upi,
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> Maybe Bruce will comment on this?
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Bruce Ingham
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SOAS.  London University
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