argument structure k'u etc.

Bruce Ingham bi1 at soas.ac.uk
Mon Apr 18 14:35:20 UTC 2005


On 3/4/05 2:01 pm, "Alfred W. Tüting" <ti at fa-kuan.muc.de> wrote:
I don't think you can do that, but maybe you didn't mean it.  I can
visualize wawak'u hemaca, wawicak'u hemaca 'I am a giver of things' or even
wawak'u ki he miye wawicak'u ki he miye 'I am the giver of donations'.
Bruce>

> the last one kind of meaning ?wawa-ma-k'u - I'm a giver of donations/I'm
> big-hearted/generous) >
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Bruce Ingham
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