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Table 2.12: Modern Omagua Verbs Nominalized with =SiRu<br />
Root Gloss Stem Gloss<br />
aisIkapa be ugly aisIkapaSiRu very ugly person<br />
ikua know ikuaSiRu wise person, school<br />
Iu eat IuSiRu plate<br />
map1R1 be lazy map1R1SiRu lazybones<br />
payu witch payuSiRu witch<br />
sas1s1ma shout.redup sas1s1maSiRu (Sp. gritón)<br />
uka1Ra be stingy uka1RaSiRu stingy person<br />
Table 2.13: Modern Omagua Endocentric Nominalizations with =SiRu<br />
Root Gloss Stem Gloss<br />
kai white monkey sp. kaiSiRu mischievous boy<br />
maRia Mary maRiaSiRu church 65<br />
nami ear namiSiRu earring<br />
p1ta foot p1taSiRu sock, footprint<br />
pua hand puaSiRu ring<br />
sIt1ma thigh sItumaSiRu pants<br />
tIputi excrement tIputiSiRu entrails<br />
uni water uniSiRu water jug<br />
y1wa arm y1waSiRu sleeve<br />
2.2.3.2.6 Possessive Nominalizer =yaRa The possessive nominalizer =yaRa, homophonous<br />
with the noun yaRa ‘owner, master’ (cf., Sp. dueño), is an enclitic which in Old Omagua exhibits<br />
two functions: 1) when functioning endocentrically, it derives a noun that may be construed as the<br />
possessor <strong>of</strong> the nominal head; and 2) when functioning exocentrically, it derives a noun from verbal<br />
stems borrowed from Spanish. The former function is illustrated in (2.31). That the non-assertive<br />
marker =RaSi (see §2.3.7.2) may attach to a noun here is a result <strong>of</strong> the fact that it is a non-verbal<br />
predicate (nuamai utSayaRa ‘big sinner’) that is not being asserted here.<br />
(2.31) cristianokana nuamai utSayaRaRaSi, maRaitipa Ranayaw1k1aRi 1p1pemai [tata tupak w Rape]<br />
Ranausumaka?<br />
cristiano =kana nua =mai<br />
Christian =pl.ms be.big =inact.nomz<br />
Rana= yaw1k1 =aRi 1p1pe<br />
3pl.ms= do =impf be.inside<br />
=maka<br />
=neg.purp<br />
utSa<br />
sin<br />
=mai<br />
=inact.nomz<br />
=yaRa =RaSi maRai =tipa<br />
=poss.nomz =nass what =interr<br />
tata tupa =k w aRape Rana= usu<br />
fire place =iness 3pl.ms= go<br />
‘Christians, being great sinners, what should they do in order to not go to Hell?’<br />
(example (6.29a))<br />
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