Datapoint Urubú-Kaapor / The Associative Plural

Language:Urubú-Kaapor
Feature:The Associative Plural by Michael Daniel and Edith Moravcsik
Value:Associative same as additive plural

Examples

Sentence igt-2799:
u’i ke wira’i - ta ke u - ‘u ym
u’i
manioc meal
ke
OM
wira’i - ta
Wira’i - pl
ke
foc
u - ‘u
3 - eat
ym
neg
Wira’i folk didn’t eat any manioc meal.
Sentence igt-2800:
ma’e ke kaitã ta kekar a’e ta o - ho, te’õru namõ kaitã - ta
ma’e
something
ke
OM
kaitã
Kaitã
ta
pl
kekar
3+hunt
a’e
3
ta
pl
o
3
-
-
ho,
go
te’õru
Te’õru
namõ
also
kaitã
Caetano
-
-
ta
pl
Caetano folks went hunting, Te’õru also.
Sentence igt-2801:
kaitã - ta
kaitã
Caetano
-
-
ta
pl
Caetano folks
Sentence igt-2802:
nde kurumĩ ta rehe hũ ere - xo my
nde
you
kurumĩ
young boy
ta
pl
rehe
rehe
hũ
much
ere - xo
2sg - be
my
perhaps
Why do you want young boys?
Sentence igt-2803:
karai ta u - ‘u katu tĩ
karai
non-Indian
ta
pl
u
3
-
-
‘u
eat
katu
good
tĩ
also
Non-Indians eat it also.

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