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tanu= papa 1wati Ritama =kate yuRiti =mukui ene SiRa tene<br />
1pl.excl.ms= father be.high.up village =loc be.in.place =com 2sg name opt<br />
Ra= mutSa muRa<br />
3sg.ms= kiss 371 3sg.ms<br />
‘Our father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.’<br />
(see (4.1))<br />
We consider the use <strong>of</strong> the comitative =mukui instead <strong>of</strong> the instrumental =pupe) in (9.9) a<br />
calque, because <strong>of</strong> 1) its divergence from the modern manner adverbial construction; and 2) the<br />
fact that comitative and instrumental meanings are expressed by a single preposition in Spanish<br />
(con) and German (mit), rendering confusion regarding the difference between the two Omagua<br />
postpositions plausible. In addition, Veigl’s (1788:199) description <strong>of</strong> Omagua indicates that the<br />
instrumental =pupe was employed in adverbial manner constructions during the Jesuit period (see<br />
§2.3.7.4). Veigl (ibid.) does not explictly rule out the use <strong>of</strong> the comitative =mukui in this construction,<br />
but his failure to indicate that comitative can be used in place <strong>of</strong> the instrumental does<br />
suggest so.<br />
9.3.2.2 Functional Extension <strong>of</strong> =sui ablative<br />
In modern Omagua, the ablative postposition =sui licenses an oblique argument that denotes the<br />
source <strong>of</strong> a motion event.The Full Catechism, however, exhibits uses <strong>of</strong> this postposition to license<br />
obliques that do not participate in motion events, as in (9.10)-(9.12). In all these cases, the ungrammatical<br />
use <strong>of</strong> the ablative can be explained as an attempt to translate the Spanish preposition de<br />
‘<strong>of</strong>, from’ in the corresponding Spanish sentence. The Spanish preposition in question is <strong>of</strong> course<br />
used to indicate sources <strong>of</strong> motion events, but has a considerably wider use, so that identifying<br />
the Omagua ablative postposition with the Spanish preposition would lead to overgeneralizing the<br />
distribution <strong>of</strong> the ablative.<br />
In (9.10), =sui indicates a partitive genitive relation, a function unattested in modern Omagua.<br />
(9.10) aikiaRa musap1R1ka personakanasui, maniamai awaRa uwaka 1m1nua?<br />
aikiaRa<br />
dem.prox.ms<br />
1m1nua<br />
long.ago<br />
musap1R1ka<br />
three<br />
persona<br />
person<br />
‘Of these three people, which became man?<br />
(see (6.11a)) 372<br />
=kana =sui maniamai awa -Ra uwaka<br />
=pl.ms =abl which man =nom.purp transform<br />
In (9.11), =sui licenses an oblique argument that denotes the source <strong>of</strong> a non-motion event, or<br />
perhaps a metaphorical motion event, both functions unattested in the modern language.<br />
(9.11) virgen santa maría sewekak w aRape awaRa uwaka 1m1nua. espíritu santosui muRa, virgen<br />
santa maría sewekasui RauwaRi 1m1nua.<br />
virgen santa maría<br />
Virgin Mary<br />
seweka<br />
womb<br />
=k w aRape<br />
=iness<br />
awa -Ra uwaka 1m1nua<br />
man =attr transform long.ago<br />
371 See footnote 127.<br />
372 See (5.11a) in the Catechism Fragment for an equivalent calque on the same, parallel question.<br />
137
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