Datapoint Dani (Lower Grand Valley) / The Associative Plural

Language:Dani (Lower Grand Valley)
Feature:The Associative Plural by Michael Daniel and Edith Moravcsik
Value:Associative same as additive plural

Examples

Sentence igt-1214:
it Eilelekkwe - lak, Lyo lak enek, Apane mel nek mukisoko
it
them
Eilelekkwe
Eilelekwe
-
-
lak,
APL
Lyo
Lyo
lak
APL
enek,
only
Apane
Abane
mel
also
nek
only
mukisoko
chase-we.did.toward.them
We drove out only Eilelekwe and his followers and Lyo and his followers and also Abane – just them.
Sentence igt-1215:
it - en wein ayetek Nattvkvnhe - lak weim apok ekasik - he...
it
them
-
-
en
by
wein
battle
ayetek
permanent.resident
Nattvkvnhe
Natugunhe
-
-
lak
APL
weim
battle
apok
summons
ekasik
they.said.prior
-
-
he...
topic
After permanent resident Natugunhe and his group called for battle, then they ...
Sentence igt-1216:
Wolok wakoukwhasi’mo - nen - he, it wakoukwha - mekke, Pililo - lak - en - he wam hakw - hylyk - he, Oteke seke tum - hoko wathukwha akkyky.
Wolok
carrying
wakoukwhasi’mo
After.they.had.come
-
-
nen
source
-
-
he,
topic
it
they
wakoukwha
they.came
-
-
mekke,
but
Pililo
Pililo
-
-
lak
APL
-
-
en
source
-
-
he
topic
wam
pig
hakw
grab
-
-
hylyk
having-done-it
-
-
he,
topic,
Oteke
Orege
seke
spear
tum
thrust
-
-
hoko
manner
wathukwha
they.hit.him
akkyky.
I.believe
After the locals had brought it – they had come, but Pililo and his men grabbed the pig and wounded Orege with a spear thrust, you know.

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