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maRai =tipa Dios<br />
what =interr God<br />
‘What is God?’<br />
b. 1watimai Ritama, aikiaRa tuyuka Ritama, upakatu maRainkana, yaw1k1taRa yaRawasu Dios<br />
muRa.<br />
1wati =mai Ritama aikiaRa tuyuka<br />
be.high.up =inact.nomz village dem.prox.ms land<br />
=kana yaw1k1 -taRa yaRa =wasu Dios muRa<br />
=pl.ms make -act.nomz master =aug God 3sg.ms<br />
Ritama<br />
village<br />
upa<br />
all<br />
‘God is the Creator <strong>of</strong> Heaven, Earth, and all things, the great Lord.’<br />
(see (6.2))<br />
=katu maRain<br />
=intsf thing<br />
3rd Question-Response Pair The questions in this pair exhibit a difference in the presence<br />
<strong>of</strong> the interrogative clitic =tipa, which appears on the instrumental-bearing interrogative word<br />
maRi=pupe ‘with what’ in the Catechism Fragment in (9.24), but is absent on the corresponding<br />
element maRai=pupe in the Full Catechism, in (9.25) (note that the forms <strong>of</strong> the interrogative word<br />
‘what’ are slightly different). The Full Catechism and modern Omagua exhibit the same pattern<br />
in not allowing the interrogative clitic to co-occur with a postposition, such as the instrumental<br />
=pupe, on interrogative words. If we assume that this is the correct pattern, we conclude that the<br />
contributors to the Catechism Fragment over-generalized the distribution <strong>of</strong> the interrogative clitic<br />
from interrogative words that question core arguments only to all interrogative words, include ones<br />
that question obliques.<br />
(9.24) a. maRipupetipa Dios yaw1k1 upakatu maRainkana?<br />
maRi =pupe =tipa Dios yaw1k1 upa =katu maRain =kana<br />
what =instr =interr God make all =intsf thing =pl.ms<br />
‘With what did God make all things?’<br />
b. Rakumesapupe puRai.<br />
Ra= kumesa =pupe puRai<br />
3sg.ms= word =instr merely<br />
‘Merely with his words.’<br />
(see (5.3))<br />
(9.25) a. maRaipupe Dios yaw1k1 1m1nua aikiaRa upakatu maRainkana?<br />
maRai<br />
what<br />
=pupe Dios yaw1k1 1m1nua aikiaRa upa =katu maRain =kana<br />
=instr God make long.ago dem.prox.ms all =intsf thing =pl.ms<br />
‘With what did God make all these things?<br />
b. Rasemai kumesamaipupe Ra ni putaRimaipupe puRai.<br />
Ra= =semai kumesa =mai =pupe Ra= ni putaRi<br />
3sg.ms= =excl.foc say =inact.nomz =instr 3sg.ms= ? desire<br />
=mai<br />
=inact.nomz<br />
=pupe<br />
=instr<br />
puRai<br />
contr.foc<br />
‘With and only with his words, and not merely with his desires.’<br />
(see (6.3))<br />
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