Datapoint Dani (Lower Grand Valley) / The Associative 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.

References

• Bromley 1981