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Action Nominal Constructions
Language:
Wayana
Feature:
Action Nominal Constructions
by
Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm
Value:
Ergative-Possessive
Examples
Sentence igt-455:
...mahak uya y eri Ø ke
...mahak
mosquito
uya
dat
y
1sg.poss
eri
bite
Ø
an
ke
instr
’...(because of) my being bitten by mosquitoes’ (lit. ’...with the biting of me by mosquitoes.’)
References
de Goeje 1946
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