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d. K@K K@K K@K K@K A A A A H( H( H( H( F=( F=( =C= =C= =C= =C= J5(( J5(( J5(( J5(( CKIK (( (( (( (( A( A( A( A(
size 3SG pass:NF over animal in-in bush all EMPH
‘His size surpasses all the animals in the bush.’
e. Kendigia I( I( I( I( (@A (@A (@A (@A =M =M =M =M =(J5=(K@K(
=(J5=(K@K( =(J5=(K@K(
=(J5=(K@K( == == == == =@= =@= =@= =@=
PN be INF-chop firewood at-at-hole small house
Kendigia is chopping firewood in the paiyotte
f. ( ( ( ( F= F= ( ( ( ( =C=
1SG:FUT speak:FUT in horn
‘I will speak on the two-way radio.’
Second, they may be prefixed to a variety of forms to create a locative adverb, as in (43):
(43) a. = = = = C=( C=( C=( C=(
come:IMP to-1SG
‘Come here.’
b. I( I( I( I( (= (= (= (= =(A( =(A( =(A( =(A(
1SG be INF-go at-there
‘I’m going over there(somewhere).’
c. = = = = MKJ= MKJ= C=K(5K( C=K(5K( C=K(5K( C=K(5K(
1PL.INCL exit:SUBJ to-outside
‘Let’s go outside.’
There is a subset of these locative adverbs which have an obligatory HLH tonal pattern.
This replaces whatever underlying tones are normally associated with the individual
morphemes:
(44) a. C=(I@=( C=(I@=( C=(I@=( C=(I@=(
enter:IMP to-place-house
‘Enter.’
b. =(C=( =(C=( =(C=( =(C=( =>=C =>=C =>=C =>=C I( I( I( I( @A @A @A @A =(=CK( =(=CK( =(=CK( =(=CK(
other pl-turtle be also at-eye-water
‘Other tortoises live in the water.’
c. J5 J5 J5 J5 I( I( I( I( (F= (F= (F= (F= B B B B =K =K =K =K J5=(=F J5=(=F J5=(=F J5=(=F @ @ @ @ AC= AC= AC= AC=
3SG be INF-speak words BEN PL-person place-eye-? with drum
‘He is speaking to the village people with a talking drum.’
7.1.4 Other morphology
There are certain grammatical function words which are morphologically
complex. First, the word for ‘where’ includes one of the prefixes mentioned in the
previous section:
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