Tzeltal - Kaufman, T. S. - Gramática

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Tzeltal Grammar
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Kaufman, Terrence
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T z e lta l grammar
By
Terrence S c o tt Kaufman
A.B. (U n iv er sity o f Chicago) 1959
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
10 Introduction . . . . ............................................. 1
11 A cknow ledgm ents......................................................... 1
12 The P osition o f T zelta l . . "2
13 Format of the Grammar. . . . . . . 4
20 Phonemics . . ............................................................ 5
21 Introduction andD e f i n it io n s .................................... 5
22 T zelta l Phonemes . . . . . . . . .5
23 A rticulatory D escription of Segmentals . .6
24 Suprasegmentals............................................................... 9
25 Phonetic Symbols . 10
26 A l l o p h o n e s ...................................................................11
27 D istrib u tio n s of Foreign Phonemes . . .14
28 I D istrib u tio n s of Phonemes in General . . .15
29 P a ra lin g u istic Features .......................................... 17
20A Minimal P a ir s................................................................... 18
30 M orphophonemics . .21
31 Introduction . . . . * *21
32 D e fin itio n s *23
33 Morphophonemes . 2g
34 Morphophonemic Rules . . . . *24
35 Vowel Reduction ........................................................83
36 D istrib u tio n s of Morphophonems . . *35
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40 Grammar: Introduction . . . . . . .3 8
41 D efin itio n s . . . . ....................................... 38
42 Alternants . . . . . . . .3 8
43 Types o f Morphemes .................................................. 39
44 Roots . . . . 39
45 A f f i x e s ......................................................... . . 42
46 Canonical Shapes of Morpnemes . . . . 46
47 T a c t i c s ........................................ .......... .4 7
48 Morphology: Desinence Formation . . . . 48
50 D e r i v a t i o n ................................................................................. 50
51 D erivation by A ffixation ......................................... 50
52 D erivation by Compounding ................................. 146
60 The Structure o f N u m e r a l s ...................................... 150

61 Numeral Expressions .................................................. 150
62 Numeral P h r a s e s ......................................... 153
63 D istrib u tio n o f ta 158
64 S p e cific Numeral C la s sifie r s ................................. 159
65 R e d u p l i c a t i o n ....................................................... 163
66 Vagueness in Numeral Reference . . . . 164
67 S p ec ific C la s sifie r s of Limited D istrib u tion . 164
68 Order Properties of NumeralPhrases . . . 164
69 Syntactic Functions of Numeral Phrases . . 166
70 I n f l e c t i o n ............................................................................... 167
71 Paradigmatic Charts of I n fle c tio n a l A ffixes . 167
72 I n fle c tio n a l Categories . . . . . 174

73 A n alytical Tables o f I n fle c tio n a l A ffixes . 175
80 Allomorphs o f Root Morphemes .......................................... 187
90 Syntax .....................................192
91 I n tr o d u c tio n ..................................................................... 192
92 A bbreviations..................................................................... 192
93 Syntactic WordT y p e s .......................................................194
94 P h r a s e s .................................................. . 200
95 Clauses ......................................... * 219
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10 INTRODUCTION
11 Acknowledgments
I wish to make gra tefu l acknowledgement to the f o l
lowing personsi Brent B erlin (Stanford U n iv ersity ), Mary R.
Haas (U niversity of C alifo rn ia , B erkeley), Eric P. Hamp (Univer
s it y of Chicago), David G. Hays (RAND Corporation), Nicholas

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Hopkins (Chicago), D ell H. Hymes (Berkeley), Elaine D. Marlowe
(Berkeley), Norman A. McQuown (Chicago), Duane G. Metzger
(Stanford), A. Kimball Romney (Stanford), Harvey B. S arles,
and William F. Shipley (B erkeley). To the rewarding contacts
I have had with them t h is study owes i t s existen ce and present
form. Their contributions are too numerous and varied to
allow sp e c ific a tio n ; they involve tra in in g in the methodology
of d escrip tiv e lin g u is t ic s , providing the environment fo r
research, and serving as in terlo cu to rs in the reso lu tio n of
an alytic problems. Their frien d ly encouragement i s deeply
appreciated.
At various tim es since the beginning of my work on
T ze lta l I have been employed by the Anthropology Research
department o f Stanford U n iversity, and the L in g u istics
department of the U n iversity o f C alifornia at Berkeley.
I have received research funds from the National
Science Foundation, and from the National I n s titu te of Mental
Health.
The machine tr a n sla tio n project o f the RAND Corp
oration has provided concordances of a large corpus of tex tu a l
m aterials, which has made the task of assembling a vocabulary
and analyzing syntax an e a sie r one.
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12 The Genetic and Geographical P osition of T zelta l
T z e lt a l.is a member of the Mayan fam ily of lan
guages, which includes about twenty other languages in
Mexico, Guatemala, and B r itish Honduras. I t i s spoken by
about 100,000 Indians liv in g in the State of Chiapas, Mexico.
Perhaps 30 percent o f these speak some Spanish.
T ze lta l i s spoken in the follow in g Indian towns,
each, of which i s a d is t in c t corporate en tity :
Pinol'a (V illa la s Rosas)
Aguacatenango
Amatenangc
Chanal
Oxchuc
San Martin Abasolo
Tenejapa
Cancuc
San Carlos Altamirano
Sibac3
Guaquitepec
Tenango ,
Sitalci
Bachaj<5n
Chil6n
Tayaldn
P etalcingo.
I t i s also spoken in Ocosingo, where the m ajority of the pop
u la tio n speaks T z e lta l, but where there i s no Indian c i v i l -
r e lig io u s hierarchy. I t i s a lso spoken in several settlem ents
which are p o l i t i c a l l y parts of towns speaking d ifferen t
d ia le c ts o f T z e lta l.
The geographical extent of T zelta l was formerly
greater, including towns which now speak T ojolabal, a
related language, towns where now only Spanish i s spoken,
and one town the s it e of which i s now uninhabited. On the
other hand, T zelta l speakers are now expanding in to the
jungle which l i e s to the east of th e ir te r r ito r y and which
was formerly more h eavily populated by Lacanddn Mayas,
speakers o f a rela ted language, of whom only about 200 survive
at preserve. The number of speakers of T ze lta l has probably
never sin ce the Conquest been greater than i t i s now.
Each of the towns lis t e d above has a separate
d ia le c t which can be defined by a complex o f lin g u is t ic and
cu ltu ral fe a tu r es. I n it ia l attempts have been made to define
d ia le c t regions on the b asis of purely lin g u is t ic fea tu res,
using the methods o f d ia le c t geography. The w riter's
te n ta tiv e c la s s ific a t io n o f T ze lta l d ia le c ts i s as follow s:
a) Southern T zelta l: P inola, Aguacatenango, Amatenango
b) West Central T zelta l: Tenejapa, Cancuc
c) East Central T ze lta l: Chanal, Oxchuc, San Matfn Abasolo
d) Eastern T azeltal: San Carlos Altamirano, Sibac5,
Ocosingo
e) Northern T zelta l: Guaquitepec, Tenango, S ita l , Bachaj6n,

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Childn, Yajaldn, P etalcingo.
The present study i s a d escrip tion of the Agua
catenango d ia le c t of T z e lta l. Aguacatenango i s a nuclear
town of about 1200 in h ab itan ts, of whom about h a lf have some
knowledge of Spanish. The population has remained at about
1200 ever since the f i r s t time i t was lis t e d in census
records, ca. 1620.
13 Format of the Grammar
This grammar contains the follow in g chapters, in
addition to the Introduction (10);
20 Phonemics
30 Morphophonemics
40 Grammar: Introduction
50 D erivation
60 Numerals
70 In fle c tio n
80 Root Alternants
90 Syntax
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20 PHONEMICS
21 Introduction and D efin itio n s
The follow in g d e fin itio n s w ill be adhered to with
respect to phones, phonemes, and allophones.
a) The allophones of a phoneme are, (1) in complementary
d istr ib u tio n or fr ee v ariation with one another, (2)
p h o n etica lly sim ilar to one another.
b) A given phone i s always an allophone of the same phoneme,
no matter where i t occurs.
22 T zelta l Phonemes
22.1 Consonants (C)

V
C
> >
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v )
P t c k
b
f
m n
22.2 Vowels (V)
i u
e o
22.3 S tresses
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22.4 Junctures
22.5 Contours ()
, -? t
23 D escription of Segmental Phonemes by Features of
A rticu lation
23. 1 /p t k/ v o ic e le s s f o r t is sto p s, aspirated
. in some environments, unaspirated
in others
a. /p / b ila b ia l
b. /t/ apicodental
c. /k / dorsomidpalatal
23.2 /? / g lo tt a l sto p (or catch ),
aspirated in some environments,
unaspirated in others
23.3 /p t k/ v o ic e le s s f o r t is g lo tta liz e d stop s,
unaspirated in others
a. /p / b ila b ia l
! b. /t/ apicodental
c. /k / dorsomidpalatal
23.4 /I c/ v o ic e le s s f o r t is a o ica l a f fr ic a t e s ,
o p tio n a lly aspirated in some en
vironments, unaspirated in others
a. Iji/ apicodental with r i l l spirant
relea se
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|. / c l . apicoalveolar with groove spirant.
| relea se
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23.5 // &/ v o ic e le s s f o r t is g lo tta liz e d ap ical
a f fr ic a t e s , op tion ally aspirated
in some environments, ' unaspirated
in others
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i. //./ apicodental with r i l l spirant
relea se
). / c / apicoalveolar with groove spirant
relea se .
23.6 / f/ v o ic e le ss la b ia l s l i t spirant*,
la b io d en tal, o p tio n a lly b ila b ia l

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23.7 /s s/ v o ic e le ss ap ical sp ira n ts,
o p tio n a lly aspirated in some en
vironments, long in -o th ers, and in
others neither
i. / s / apicodental r i l l spirant
). / s / apicoalveolar groove-spirant
23.8 /h / nonsyllabic v o ic e le s s vowel with

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the same a r tic u la tio n as an ad
jacent vowel phoneme in the same
sy lla b le
23.9 ^b d g/ voiced obstruents, stops in some
environments and spiran ts in
others
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. /b / b ila b ia l; when a spirant may be
long, or aspirated , or n eith er,
depending on the environment
b. /d / apicodental
c. /V dorsomidpalatal
23.10 /m n/ voiced nasal continuants, aspirated
in some environments, long in
oth ers, and in others n either
a. /m / b ila b ia l
b. /n / apicodental and dorsomidpalatal
23.11 /l/ voiced apicodental la te r a l contin
uant, aspirated in some environ
ments, long in others, and in
others n eith er
23.12 /r / voiced apicoalveolar fla p ,
long in others, and in others
n either
23.13 /? / hpicoalveolar t r i l l ; u su ally
voiced, o p tio n a lly v o ic e le s s
23.14 /w / n onsyllabic high back rounded
vowel, with add itional features of
a sp ira tio n , length, and rubbing,
according to environment
23.15 /y / n onsyllabic high front unrounded
vowel, with ad ditional featu res
of a sp ira tio n , len gth, and rubbing,
according to environment
23,. 16 /u / a lower-high back rounded voiced
vowel
23.17 /o / a mean-mid back rounded voiced
vowel
23.18 /i/ a lower-high front unrounded
voiced vowel
23.19 /a / a low non-front unrounded voiced
vowel
23.20 /e / a mid non-back unrounded vowel
24 Suprasegmentals
24.1 Pitch phenomena have not been f u lly analyzed. The
symbols for contours cover phenomena of pitch and
terminal countours, and are a l l d iffe r e n t from each
other; i t i s probable that more phonemic e n t it ie s
would be recognized in an exhaustive a n a ly sis.
24.2 More than one primary str e s s may occur in a stretch
between contours. S tresses become louder as the
end of a contour approaches, so that the la s t
primary s tr e s s i s louder than the n e x t-la s t, the
n e x t-la s t louder than the previous one, and so
fo rth . The same holds for secondary s tr e s s e s ,
which are always le s s prominent than neighboring
primary s tr e s s e s .
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25 Conventions o f Phonetic Symbology and D escription
25.1 D efin itio n s
a) a sp iration Aspirated relea se in free variation
with v o ic e le s s gemination follow ed
by v o ic e le s s echo vowel.
b) s y lla b le Every vowel i s a s y lla b le peak.
S y lla b le d iv isio n s occur according
to the follow in g patterns:
1. /...V C V .../ [ ...V .C V ...]
2. /...V C C (C )V ..,/ [...V C ,C (C )V ...],
where (C) may be zero, one, or more
consonants.
25.2 Symbols
C v o ic e le s s consonant
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ch aspirated consonant
C-. long consonant

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c g lo tta liz e d consonant
V v o ic e le s s vowel
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echo, v o w e l
V1
V* long vowel
V very short vowel
J [n [<f]
[f] Bf'j
n o n -sy llab ic v o ic e le s s vowel of same
q u a lity as voiced vowel in same
s y lla b le
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[I D E -/*L] are te n se , but lower than [ i u e o ],
re sp ec tiv e ly
26 Allophones and Their D istrib u tion s
26.1 V oiceless Phonemes
Basic #-V V-C V- + V-jf
Symbol. V-V V -a
C-V
/p /
N
P) C c c ^ r cl cl? l
/V ?J
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M k Ch c c Ch c1c1v1
>
ill P '
> 1
/tf t / C c c C
/k / k )
III ts
m t5 ' C c c c tcv,
X
ill Is
ii j
in t sl
m f
I bI
S l
V
0 c c- c- c1o1y1
III s
N h
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26.2 Voiced Obstruents
Basic & \T
rr-V v-c v -t V-#
Symbol c-v V A
v-v
St Sp
/b / b 5
/d/ d St Sp Sp* SpSp ~SpSpV,

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/g /. g f
26.3 Voiced Continuants
Basic #-V V-fr V-#

Symbol V-C
v-v
V-A
c-v
cc ccv,
X
/w / w
26.4 Vowels
Extra Short Normal Long G lottal

Short
/ 9
N I I I I* I-
V V
hi e E E E* 1.
*/ 0 9
hi A A a a* a
26.4 Vowels (continued)
Extra Short Normal Long G lottal

.Short
V 1j
/ 0/ i/L . /L
/u/ U
a) Vowels are extra short when unstressed before a consonant
follow ing a stressed vowel.
b) Vowels are short when unstressed before /(/.,
c) Vowels are normal when, ( l) unstressed before a consonant
clu ste r or a vowel, before / + / or / # / , preceding a
stressed s y lla b le (unless follow in g a stressed s y lla b le ) ,
and'when (2) stressed before a consonant c lu ste r .
d) Vowels are long when stressed before a sin g le consonant,
a vowel, or / $ / .
e) Vowels are g lo tt a l preceding g lo tta liz e d consonants.
26 5
0 S tr e sse s, Junctures, and Contours
a) S tr esse s, junctures, and contours have certain phonetic
featu res of th e ir own. In a d d ition , they determine
certain allophones of certain segmental phonemes with
which they occur.
b) Every utterance begins w ith / + / and ends with / . / , / ! / ,
or / ? / .
c) (1) Vowels with s tr e s s are long i f in an open s y lla b le .
(2) Vowels are short and Consonants normal before / * / .
(3) Vowels are normal and non-stop consonants long
before /+ /
(4). Stressed vowels are long and consonants aspirated
before
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27 D istrib u tio n s of /b d g f r y / in Loans
27.1 Three types of speakers along the qcculturated-
.'co n serv a tiv e'a x is can be d istin gu ish ed on the
b a sis of the d istr ib u tio n s of the above phonemes
in loans from Spanish. I w ill c a ll them
a ccu ltu rated , average , and con servative .
/b / , / d/ A ll speakers have / b / and / d / i n i t i a l l y and in te r -
v o c a lly . Where acculturated speakers. have / b /
a fte r /m/ and / d / a fte r consonants, average and con
servative speakers have / p / and / t / , r e sp e c tiv e ly .
/ g/ A ll speakers have / g / - in it ia ll y and in te r v o c a lic a l-
ly before / a / . Where acculturated and average-
speakers have / g / i n i t i a l and in te r v o c a lic before
/ e , i / and in the environment V-C, conservative
speakers have /y / . Where acculturated and average
speakers have / g/ i n i t i a l l y and in te r v o c a lic a lly
before /o , u /, conservative speakers have /w /.
Where acculturated speakers have. / g / a fte r conso
nants, average and conservative speakers have / k / .
/ f/ / f / i s found in use only by acculturated speakers.
Where acculturated speakers have / f / , average and
conservative speakers have /h p / in te r v o c a lic a lly ,
/ p / elsewhere.
/? / / ? / i s used only by acculturated speakers. It
occurs i n i t i a l l y and in te r v o c a lic a lly only. Where
acculturated speakers have / ? / , average and con
serv a tiv e speakers have / r / .
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/ y/ a fte r two consonants. Where'acculturated speakers
have / y / a fte r two consonants, average and conser
v ative speakers have zero.
27.2 Examples
Acculturated Average Conservative
' cow bka b5ka b5ka
' Saturday1 s^baro sbaro Scibaro
'custom' kostumbre kostiSmpre kostilmpre
'Sunday' domingo dominko domfnko
' sou' kaldo kdlto klto
' earning' g5nr gan^r ganr
'kerosene' gs gs gs
'M ichael' m igll m igll m iyll
' Peter' pSgro plgro pyro
'fa u lt' f^ lta p lta p lta
'rep resen tative' hfyerdl hpyer6l hpyerdl
'c o ffe e ' kafh kahph kahph
'r e c e ip t' resfbo resibo reslbo
'automobile' k5ro klro kro
'perm ission' les^nsya les^nsa le sln s a
28 D istrib u tion s o f Phonemes in General
28.1 Lim itations on D istrib u tion s
a) No vowel may occur a fter any juncture.
b) Geminate consonants do not occur.
c) / h / d o e s not occur before contours.
d) No more than one consonant may occur a fte r a vow el,before
a juncture, except a sequence /n / + a ffr ic a te or s ib ila n t .
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e) No native morph begins with more than one consonant pre
ceding a vowel, except some onomatopoeic forms in C+r.
f) / f / , / ? / , / d / , and / g/ occur only in loans from Spanish.
They never occur before any juncture, or at the end of
any morph.
g) For monolingual speakers the occurrence of / f / and/or
/ ? / i s extremely rare or n onexistent.
h) For"monolingual speakers the occurence of / d/ and / g /
except a fter juncture and between vowels- i s rare or non
e x iste n t.
28.2 Sequences of Phonemes
a) A ll VV sequences may occur.
b) / s / , / / ) and / h / may be prefixed to most root morphemes,
so that in n ative words i n i t i a l clu ste r s of / s / , / / , or
/ h / +C may occur in the environment #-V.
c) Native root morphs end in V, C, or hC^ where i s /p
t / c k , pt^tk/; s u ffix e s begin with V or C. Most
CC sequences, and many hCC sequences, occur between
vowels. .
d) In loans from Spanish a l l or most of the clu sters which
are found in the Spanish models are taken over into
T z e lta l. A ll i n i t i a l c lu ste r s may be further prefixed
with / s / , / /., or / h / .
29 P a r a lin g u istic Features
Like a l l languages, T ze lta l has a v a riety o f para- .
lin g u is t ic fea tu res, voca}. sounds which are not coded in
the lin g u is t ic system. Among a great many oth ers, the follow
ing are e s p e c ia lly prominent in T z e lta l.
a) f a ls e t t o
b) rasp
c) p itch perturbation
d) rounding of / a / to [P] or Co]
20A APPENDIX: Minimal Pairs
Minimal pairs are easy to find for most of the
phonemic con trasts occurring in native morphs. Since most
of the Spanish le x ic a l items borrowed in to T zelta l are
p o ly sy lla b ic , i t is not easy to find minimal contrasts among
borrowed phonemes, or between native and borrowed phonemes.
The contrasts can be estab lish ed on the b asis of s lig h t ly
more complicated d istr ib u tio n a l c r it e r ia .
,/p/ i / ? / /h p is / 'one stone'
/h p fs/ "'I measure'
/p / / /b / /sp 6k / 'he washes'
/sb<5k/ 'h is vegetable'
/ p/ V N /h p a l/ 'one word.'
/h b a l/ 'my brother-in-law '
/ b / / hi! Ml 'gopher'
/w a 't o r t i l l a '
N t It/ /h tiS l/ 'one man'
/h tiS l/ 'one drop'
m / iii /s/ik/ 'he grabs'
/s/ik/ 'he mends'
m t lo/ /cin/ 'pimple'
/tin/ 'sm all'
M i Ik/ /kilS/ 'he woke up'
/&u/ 'p ain fu l'
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h i / ft/ Him/ n ice'
/c V 'he died'
/ / / / Is/ /M / ' corn silk '

/su k / 'he washes'
f t / 1 III f t in/ 'Snake'
/si n/ 'palm'
/si i m /s ill/ 'f is h -s c a le '
/Sul/ 'he arrives'
N / III /t5m / ' i t was picked up'
ftim/ 'n ice'
f t / i ft! ftim/ ' i t was picked up'
/lin/ 'he died'
ft/ / ft/ /k 6 l/ 'he escaped'
/c 6 l/ ' i t was lin ed up'
f t/ t ft/ / s fk / 'cold '
/s f V 'firewood'
/k / / f t! ftik/ 'I answer'
/hci7/ 'water'
ft! / ft! /h5m/ ' i t opened'
/ 9im/ 'sp id er'
f t / / ft! / stm/ 'he picks i t up'
/s t n / 'h is ashes'
ft! / ft! /sp u lu l^ t/ ' 'bubbling'
/pururt/ 'flu tte r in g '
f t / / /u / /halctw/ 'coney' (sub-minimal)
/ . . .sn u .. . / 'he spins thread'
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/y / t N / 95y/ there i s (sub-minimal)
/ a i/ p a r tic le '
/ i f t fa/ /w i l l / fly in g '

/w e l l/ 'fanning'
fa/ f /a / /h t n / 'one le v e l'
/h t n / 'my ashes'
/a / / /o / ,s /ta n / 'ashes'
/t6 n / ' stone'
f a / / /u / /k 6 t/ 'my t o r t i l l a '
/k ilt/ *1 say'
fa/ / / i / /y&/ 'he drinks'
/y 15/ 'he takes'
30 MORPHOPHONEMICS
31 Introduction
Some morphemes have more than one phonemic shape,
tfhen th ese variant shapes can be accounted for in phono
lo g ic a l terms, they f a l l under the general rubric morpho
phonemics.
A lternations in the phonemic shapes of morphemes
correlated with th e ir occurrence with certain other
morphemes are treated in the grammar under the heading a llo -
morphs or morphological a ltern a n ts.
For some a ltern a tio n s e ith e r morphological or
phonological conditioning can be invoked as the relevant
fa c to r , i . e . , the case i s ambiguous. In such cases the
course which requires the fewest e n t it ie s and the fewest
statements i s to be preferred.
Morphophonemics id e a lly accounts for a l l variation s
in the shapes of morphemes which are phonologically con
d itio n ed . The function and aim of morphophonemic an alysis
i s to separate from each other phonological and morphological
conditioning, and to reduce the number of allomorphs in the
language.
Morphophonemes are symbols in terms of which
morphs are w ritten . Morphophonemic ru les sp ecify the
phonemic representation of morphophonemes in terms of th e ir
occurrence w ith-other morphophonemes, ju st as phonemics
s p e c ifie s the phonetic representation of phonemes in terms
of th e ir occurrence with other phonemes.
Certain a ltern a tio n s among the phonemes of a
morpheme can be correlated with lim ita tio n s on the co
occurrences of certain phonemes. Morphophonemic w riting in
such cases does not e n ta il the s e ttin g up of any new symbols.
Phonological a ltern a tio n s which are not correlated
with phonotactic lim ita tio n s may be of two typ es, recurrent
and unique. (Those a ltern a tio n s which are unique, i . e . ,
which occur in only ,one morpheme, may be d ealt with by a
s in g le statement for each, under the heading phonological
varian ts in the grammar.)

For those a ltern a tio n s which.are not the r esu lt
of phonotactic lim ita tio n s, ( i . e . , which are not universal)
but which are the r e s u lt of phonological conditioning
fa cto rs (whether recurrent or unique, but a fo rti.o ri i f
recu rren t), i t i s necessary to set up symbols to stand, for
the a lte rn a tio n , although th ese symbols are not used in the
phonemic w riting o f the language.
Morphophonemic symbols are of two kinds.
a) Morphophonemic symbols which are the same as symbols
used in the phonemic w ritin g of T ze lta l are in at le a s t

some cases represented by the same symbol on the
phonemic le v e l.
b) Morphophonemic symbols which are not a lso used in the
phonemic w riting of T zelta l have more than one phonemic
rep resen tation s. (An exception to t h is ru le i s / /B // ,
which i s always / b / , as contrasted with / / b / / , which i s
sometimes / b / and sometimes / b /. / / b / / i s chosen for
the la tt e r altern ation because i t i s much more frequent
with p erm ission o f the copyright ow ner. Further reproduction prohibited w ithout p erm ission.
than / / B / / which i s r e la t iv e ly rare.
Phonologically conditioned a ltern a tio n s which
occur in only one morpheme are handled in two a lte rn a tiv e
ways (one of which can be ignored, as the reader p r efers),
in terms of morphophonemes, and in terms of phonological
variants (phonologically conditioned allo'morphs).
32 D efin itio n s
a) segment. a sequence of morphophonemes
bounded by space
b) form: phonological m aterial between
junctures (in t h is cae / / - / / does
not count as a juncture)
c) space and w ritten junctures:
In morphophonemic w r itin g a l l morphs and desinences
are w ritten with a space at each end. This space does not
count as a w ritten juncture (as used in the morphophonemic
r u le s ). It i s not, however, merely a matter of convenience
to enable the reader to recognize morpheme boundaries. The
placement of the morphophoneme / / + / / (ru le # l) i s automatic,,

but i t must be made in terms of spaces being present.
33 Morphophonemes
The ordering of low er-case symbols i s a r tic u la to r y ,'
that of c a p ita ls , graphic.
33.1 Consonants (C)

V
i t
p t i c k, P t
? B d. f s.
V
s h H
J to Sj >
rn M n, 1, r r, 1w y Y
R eproduced w ith perm ission o f the cop yrig ht ow ner. F urthe r reprod uction prohibited w ith o u t perm ission.
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33.2 Vowels (V)
(V) V; i e a o u, OE
33.3 S tresses
* ' A
V (acute stress)., V (grave s t r e s s ) , V (circum flex
str e ss)
33.4 Junctures
(caret juncture), - (hyphen juncture), + (plus
ju n c tu r e ), (compound juncture)
33.5 Contours '
, (comma) . (period) ? (interrogation) 1 (emphasis)
33.6 Reduplications
C1 C2 > V R
33.7 Cover Symbols
V = a vowel
C = a consonant
S
V
O
$ = >
Cn (rule #6) any given consonant
34 Morphophonemic Rules
34.1 A pplication
a) Rule #1 must be applied f i r s t . A ll other morphophonemic
ru les have the same sta tu s in th at they may be applied
in any order. A fter a l l the ap plicable ru les have been
applied, a correct phonemic representation i s the r e s u lt.
b) Those morphophonemes for v/hich no ru les are given are
represented by the same symbols on the phonemic le v e l.
c) Rules preceded by * represent a ltern ation s occurring
with one morpheme only. They are a lso treated in the
grammar as cases of phonologically conditioned variant's.
The reader may choose fo r him self which s ty le of presenta
tio n seems more economical.
d) The ru les are lis t e d according to the order of symbols
in the chart l i s t i n g the morphophonemes.
34.2 Rules
(1) Placement of / / + / /
/ / + / / i s a morphophoneme without morphemic content.
I ts occurrence i s completely p red ictable. I t must,
however, be w ritten in the morphophonemic tran scrip tion
before certain of the. morphophonemic ru les can operate.
.Given the seq uential l i s t i n g of morphs w ritten morpho-
phonemically, / / + / / i s added according to the follow ing
ru le.
/ / + / / i s w ritten wherever there i s a space (and no
other juncture) preceding a stressed s y lla b le , except
that a l l segments c o n sistin g of a sin g le consonant
which precede the stressed sy lla b le are included with i t
and fo llo w / / + / /
i //lom hay t e Ak ku9 - e # / / my s h ir t i s very th in 1
//lom+hayte*kku9- e # / /
/lom+ hyt e Xhku? #/
I N I :/+/
j
i
<
1
(2) //(V)//*
The parenthesized vowel i s /Q / i f the preceding
segment(s) up to and including a stressed vowel is poly
s y lla b ic . Elsewhere, the enclosed vowel i s present.
//t 5 k uY (a)w an// /tcikuwan/ .advise*
//m il (a)w an// /milawan/ k i l l '
(3) //V //
a. i s / i / i f the immediately preveding vowel is
/ / o ,u // .
//b u t kVh// /b d tk ih / c o lla p se
b. i s / o / i f the immediately preceding vowel i s
/ / a , e , i / / and the follow in g consonant is- / / w / / .
//n a(V )w eh // /nôweh/ 'build houses'
c. i s /u / i f the preceding vowel i s / / a , e , i / / ,
and the follow in g mcrphophoneme is not / / w / / .
//w a l kVh// /wallcuh/ 't ip over'
(4) //GE//
a. i s / o / if; the preceding form i s m onosyllabic.
//A y ic OE h // /yi&oh/ 'he has taken'
b. i s / e / i f the preceding form i s p o ly sy lla b ic.
//*ym al H iY CE h // /sm aliyeh /
'he has w aited1
(5) / / a , e , o / / (unstressed) / / - / / : /V
//* y 96ra - i l / / /y d r il/ ' i t s time'
(6) //C n // ~ / / C n / / : /-/ i f no w ritten juncture in te r
venes, unless Cn i s / / k , y / / preceded by / / * / / .
/A le uht t i k / / /h&tfhtik/ ' our b e l l i e s
(7)* /'A // / / h // : / / (*)
/ / - c - , H/ / : / h / (*)
: / k / ( i . e . , a - 9,H)
//Ak h o i / / /h 6 l/ my heqd
//* k c u h t// /hctiht/ my b e lly
(8) a. //V / / / ~ C// : S u n l e s s a w ritten juncture

>
in terven es.
/ / Ak 9o 9t a n // /k 6 9ta n / my h eart
//tu ~ 9a k // / tuak/ onion
; b. / / ^ . - . . g // //(s p a c e ) ___ b / / : / x/
//C ___ b / / : /y
/ / 9o9b a l / / / 9<fhal/ cough
/ / k 9o9b a l / / /k 6 9b a l/ my cough
c. / / / / s /V
(9) //C - 9/ / i s / C/ when C = / / p t/ c k //
v / / 9u / - 9u / / / / 9uû// a l o t
/ / l e k - 9a y // /llcay/ i t i s good
(10) M // : / 9/
/ / h ta B // /h t b / twenty
(i d //b // _ y / + , # / / : / 9b /
: /b /
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/ / ay 9a ?tahib+ZZ /y ^ t a h i b / h is t o o l
/ / a ta h ib a l / / / S t a h ib a l/ 'to o l'
(12) //n // _7ZbZZ ; ZrnZ
ZZman bahZZ Zm&nbahZ to buy'
(13) a. ZZsZZ /ZV Z : Z/
ZZs satZZ ,
ZstZ 'h e s p l i t s '
b. ZZs SZZ Z s ...s Z
ZZs wakasZZ Zsw^kasZ 'h is c a ttle '
/ / s cu n // /sc iin / 'he obeys'
'.e. / / s . . . S ... s / / / s . . . S ... s / with no in te r
vening w ritten juncture.
//s kus H es i k / / /sk u s e sik / 'they revive'
d. //s // s ./s /
(14) / / / / J ZS/'/ in the follow ing s y lla b le with no
intervening w ritten juncture except ZZ*ZZ * ZsZ
/Zs^pasH// Zsp^sZ ' i t i s made'
(15) ZZhZZ
a. Z Z s,sZ Z : ZZ i f no w ritten juncture other
than ZZ-ZZ in terv en es.
ZZsAhilZZ Z sllZ 'h e rem ains'
b. _yz#zz: ZZ
ZZlah#ZZ Z15#Z 'h e d ie d
c. : ZhZ
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v**
i (16) //H //.
/ /GH/ / a. /C / when C = / / 9 b s s h m n l w y / /
b /hC/- when C - / / p t j i ( S k p t j & k / /
//p a s H// /p S s/ be donfe
//nup H u n // /nuhpun/ be married
(17) / / H / / / / ~ , C // : / / with no intervening w ritten

1-1 1
juncture.
//Ak Ha9 a l / / /k 5 9a l / 'my water'
//pam alf il//' /p^mala9/ stagnant water
: /h /
//H o9 e b // /h b 9e9b / 'f iv e '
*(18) ' /MU

a. i s / n / i f nearest preceding consonant i s
/ / p p w b m //.
//komeM// /k6men/ 'having remained'
b. : /m/
//h ile M // /h ilem / 'having remained'
.* (1 9 ) //w //
a. / / . _ C - *H. / / : W (*)
//a .w c ic e l / / /a c lc e l/ 'your blood'
b. : /w /
*(20) / / y / /
^ H v
a. / / a C" . / / : / s / i f the follow ing form contains
v
/ / S / / with no intervening w ritten juncture (*)
y
/ / y . . . S ... S // / s . . . S ... s /
/ / y . . . S // / s . . . S/
//y w&ka// /wka/ h is c a t t l e
: / s / oth erw ise, in c lu d in g b efore / / y / / . (*)
f / AJ y& n// /sy6ra/ he g a th e r s
b. : /y /
(21) IN I
a. _ //C // : N
//A k p6S taY t i k / / /h p ^ S ta tik / we cu re
b. / / C / / _ : /B /
/ / h i e YaAAb6n # / / /hiaAb6n#/ thus I go
c. -//!// W
/ / a .w p52 taY ik / / /a p d s ta ik / ye cu re
d. : lyl
//p o S taY e l / / /p 6 t a y e l/ cu rin g
(22) //V t// /V h t/ i f th e consonant or c lu s te r preceding
/ / V / / i s preceded by a space (or / / + / / )
a lt e r n a t iv e ly ,
. //V t// /V h t/
// k t a t i k / / /n t 5 h t ik / we fin d '
//m o taAwiM/ I /mShtaAWi/#/ 'he climbed th e
mountain'
(23) //V //
*
a. i s /V / i f th e form i s phrase f in a l and
in clu d es a / / - / / .
/ /k r is t y 5 n o - e t ik # // /k r is t y a n e t ik # / 'p eo p le'
b . i s /V / i f the- form i s phrase f in a l and has no
/ / - / / * , or i f th e form i s phrase m edial.
/ / s5baro#/ /s b a r o # / 'Saturday'
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(24) The f in a l s y lla b le o f a form has phonemic primary
s tr e s s when the form precedes a contour ( / / , . ?
I/ / ) , unless a vowel not more than two s y lla b le s

/
e a r lie r has / / V / / and no juncture in tervenes.
(25) //V //
a. i s zeroed a fte r / f i l l in an immediately preceding
s y lla b le
b. i s /V / i f the form i s not phrase f in a l.
//b a k e t // /b d k et/ f le s h
*
c. i s /V /if the form i s phrase f in a l and i s not
on the la s t vowel o f the contour.
//b a ftet# / /bafcet#/ 'fle s h '

* *
d. i f V'is^he la s t vowel of the phrase, ru le #24
a p p lies.
/ / ' ?ayyjf// / 9;Sy#/ 'there is '
(26) //V //
*
a. i s / / i f the form i s phrase medial.
//lorn tulan Ys a Ia ateh#// /lom+tulanaAsat^#/
'he works very hard'
b. is /%! if the form is phrase final and
dissyllabic.
/ / an l o e l # / / / n tlo 6 l# / 'he fle d '

*
c. i s /V / i f the form i s phrase f in a l and mono
s y lla b ic (= rule #24)
//h ie # // /hf-5#/ 'thus i t i s
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(27) The second vowel o f a d is y lla b ic form whose f i r s t

A
vowel has / / V / / i s /Q / i f th e form i s phrase
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m edial, and /V / i f th e form i s phrase f i n a l .
/ / an 13 e l a # / / / Sn+l6 l+ 5 # / he f l e d
/ / an 1 8 * 1 # // / 5n+lo S l# / he f l e d '
(28) /A //
a. +C : /Q /
b. *___ ; /&/
//Y sa Sa b 6n ta -k n a //
/ / S a wohwun// /Swdhwun/ barking
c. . : /* /
A consequence o f t h is r u le i s th a t m onosyllabic
u n stressed segments between / / a/ / and a preceding
space are e n c l i t i c to th e preceding segment i f any.
/ / h i 5 YaA S a b o n // /h i5 a a Sbdn/ thus I go
(29) //-// ~ : /W
(30) //-// : /Q /
(31) U^H i s th e consonant preceding the preceding
vow el.
//sAWoh Cûn// /Swdhwun/ barking
(32) //C 2/ / i s th e consonant fo llo w in g th e preceding
vow el.
/ / Apur V^Cêt// /A p u r u r e t/ f lu t t e r in g '
(33) / /V ^ // i s th e im m ediately preceding vow el.
/ A k ^Ji V jta k // /h ^ f i t a k / my dogs'
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(34) / / R / / r e p e t it io n o f th e precedin g morph, minus
str e ss.
link R tik // /n n a tik / s e ttle m e n t
35 Vowel Reduction and Speech S ty le : An A dditional
Morphophonemic Rule
Four s t y le s o f speech, one formal *', and th ree
inform al ' , are co rr e la te d w ith p reserv a tio n or change o f
c e r ta in ty p es o f unaccented vowels w ith in forms. The s t y le
in which no change o f th e vowels in q u estio n occurs i s c a lle d
form al and th e s t y le s in which changes occur are c a lle d
in form al . The vowels in q u estion are c a lle d 'r ed u c ib le
v o w e ls '.
The four s t y le s o f speech are:
1. formal speech, in which r ed u cib le vowels are preserved
unchanged;
2. casu al speech, in which r ed u cib le vow els are replaced
/ a / or / e / ;
3. a s s im ila tiv e speech, in which r ed u cib le vowels as w e ll
as some oth er vowels are rep laced by echo vowels j
4. clip p ed speech, in which r ed u c ib le vow els are zeroed
wherever p o s s ib le , and oth erw ise g e n e r a lly replaced by
/ e / [a ].
The s o c io lo g ic a l concom itants o f 'form al' and
'in form al' speech s t y le s are not f u l l y determ ined, but a l l
four s t y le s o f speaking may be found among th e members o f
a s in g le fam ily or household.
A ssim ila tiv e speech seems t o be used by unmarried
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ch ild ren who are l i v i n g a t home and (in th e case o f m ales)
not y e t econom ically independent.
Clipped speech i s c h a r a c t e r is t ic a lly used by men
between th e ages o f 18 and 40 who are married or econom ically
independent o f t h e ir p aren ts.
Formal and Casual speech are two s id e s o f a s in g le
c o in , th e former b ein g used in c o n te x ts o f e l i c i t a t i o n and
speech-m aking, and th e l a t t e r used in ordinary con versation .
Form al-casual speech i s used by older men, but a ls o by men
as young as 30, and by most o f th e married women I heard.
I f a form w ith an accented vowel has th ree or more
s y lla b le s , th e vowel fo llo w in g th e s tr e s s e d vowel i s su b ject
t o red u ction i f i t i s follow ed by a t l e a s t one more vowel
b efore a juncture in terv en es and i f i t i s follow ed by not
more than two consonants. The number o f consonants preceding
th e r ed u cib le vowel i s not r e le v a n t. The morphophoneme / / - / /
e n te r s in to th e determ ination o f red u c ib le vow els, sin c e i t
has th e fo llo w in g fu n c tio n s.
1. / / a , e , o / / are zeroed b efore i t .
2. vowels fo llo w in g i t are never reduced.
3. segments fo llo w in g i t belong to th e same s t r e s s group
(or 'form ') as segments preceding i t .
Reduction tak es th e fo llo w in g forms:
a) i f th e red u cib le vowel i s follow ed by one consonant.
(1) //V // / e / in casu al speech
(2) //V // /a / in casual speech
(3) //V // l\/ in a s s im ila tiv e speech
(4) / / V / / /Q / in clip p ed speech.
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b) i f th e r ed u cib le vowel i s follow ed by two consonants, or
i f a geminate consonant would r e s u lt , change # 4 , z er o in g ,
cannot occur, and clip p ed speech has change #1.
//ya*k toh u t e s / / I fix
formal /ya*ht6hutes/
casual /yaAhtdhates/, . /yaAhtdhetes/
a s s im ila tiv e /yaA ht^h otes/
clip p ed /yaA h t'ih tes/
36 D is tr ib u tio n s o f Morphophonemes
36.1 Morphophonemes and Rules o f Unique Occurrence or
A pp lication
#4 a) //OE/ / / e / - / o / occurs only in th e morpheme

(Eh3 't r a n s it i v e a c tiv e
p e r f e c t iv e 1 .
#7 b) / / k / / /k /~ /h / occurs only in th e morpheme
k^ ' f i r s t person5
#17 c) //M // /m /~ /n / occurs on ly in th e morpheme
feM^j 'p e r fe c t in t r a n s it iv e
p a r t ic ip le '
#18 d) / / w / / /a ,* /-/a * w / occurs on ly in th e morpheme
fa*w^ 'second person'
#19 e) //y// /s/^/y/ occurs only in the morpheme
y3 'th ir d person'
The a lte r n a tiv e to handling th e s e unique a lte r n a
t io n s by morphophonemic r u le s i s to d e scr ib e them as ca ses
o f p h o n o lo g ic a lly con d ition ed allom orphy.
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3 6 .2 Morphophonemes o f Juncture
a) /A // occurs in c e r ta in p r e fix e s and p a r t ic le s .
//,* k // f i r s t person
/ / a Aw // second p erson
/A y // th ir d person'
//la * // p resen t te n s e '
/ / A/ / in t r a n s it iv e in co m p letiv e'
//ta * // in , a t , t o , from
//a h * // a g en t
b) //-// occurs in c e r ta in s u f f ix e s and p a r t i c le s , and
in c e r ta in r o o t-r o o t phrase c o n str u c tio n s.
//-is // 'already*
//-e tik // 'p lu r a l'
//-o n // ' f i r s t person s in g u la r
//-a t// second person sin g u la r'
//- o tik // ' f i r s t person p lu r a l'
//-e // second person p lu r a l'
//-ik // 'th ir d person p lu r a l
//-e // fa r th e r '
H-i.H n ea rer
/A il// kind o f
//-a // 't r a n s it i v e im p erative'
c) 11-II occurs between th e members o f c e r ta in compounds.
I t s occurrence i s sometimes o p tio n a l.
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3 6 .3 Morphophonemes o f S tr e ss
a) Every root morpheme has one o f th e th ree morphophonemic

/ A
s t r e s s e s / / V / / , / / V / / , or / / V / / on one o f i t s s y lla b l e s .
b) / / V / / most fr e q u e n tly occurs on loan s from Spanish,
but occurs on a few n a tiv e words as w e ll. Not a l l loan s
from Spanish have / / V / / .

%
c) / / V / / i s th e most fr e q u e n tly occurring s t r e s s , being
found on most n a tiv e root morphemes and many loan s from
Spanish.
A
d) / / V / / i s found on a few p a r t ic l e s , and a few s y n ta c tic
words, which, although morphemically complex, fu n ctio n
as p a r t ic le s .
e) Most a f f ix e s have no morphophonemic s t r e s s .
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40 GRAMMAR: INTRODUCTION
41 D e fin itio n s
For th e purposes o f t h i s d e s c r ip tio n , th e fo llo w in g
d e f in it io n s w i l l be adhered to w ith r e sp e c t t o morphs, mor
phemes, and allom orphs.
a) The allomorphs o f a morpheme are:
(1) in complementary d is tr ib u tio n or fr e e v a r ia tio n
w ith one another;
(2) have th e same or a t le a s t n o n -c o n tr a stiv e meaning;
(3) are s im ila r in p h on ological shape w ith one another;
(4) have ty p o lo g ic a lly s im ila r d is t r ib u t io n s .

t
b) A ll th e phonemes, or morphophonemes, (except / / + / / ) o f
a s tr e tc h o f speech should be a ssig n a b le to d is c r e te
morphs.
42 A lternants
There are th ree ty p es o f m orph ologically conditioned
v a r ia tio n in th e shapes o f grammatical u n it s .
a) R oots. which are by d e f in it io n monomorphemic, have as
a lte r n a n ts allom orphs.
b) D esin en ces, which are sometimes monomorphemic and
sometimes polymorphemic have as a lte r n a n ts a llo fo rm s.
c) C ertain s y n ta c tic words, which may or may not be mor-
phem ically complex, have a lte r n a n ts conditioned by t h e ir
p o s itio n , or fu n c tio n , or occurrence w ith other words
in a phrase or c la u s e . These a lte r n a n ts are a ls o
c a lle d a llo fo rm s.
39
A lternants o f d esin en ces ( d e s in e n tia l a lte r n a n ts )
are describ ed fo r each as th ey are l i s t e d according t o t h e ir
fu n c tio n , s e c tio n s 50 and 70.
A lternants o f r o o ts are d escrib ed in s e c tio n 80,
"Root A ltern an ts."
A lternants o f s y n ta c tic words are d iscu ssed in
th e "Syntax," s e c tio n 90.
43 Types o f Morphemes
There are two ty p es o f morphemes, r o o ts and
a ffix e s . Roots are th e n u c le i o f grammatical co n str u c tio n s
and in gen eral can occur as stems w ithout d e r iv a tio n a l
m a te r ia l. A ffix e s are s a t e l l i t e s to r o o ts in grammatical
co n stru ctio n s and never occur a lo n e .
44 Roots
In order to d e fin e th e c la s s e s o f r o o ts , i t is
n ecessary to d is c u s s b r ie f ly th e stem c la s s e s . Stem.
i n f l e c t i o n , and d e r iv a tio n are d efin ed fu rth e r on in t h i s
chapter, under " A ffix es," s e c tio n 45.
There are s ix stem c la s s e s d efin ed by unique s e t s
o f in f le c t i o n a l a f f ix e s (d esin en ces) w ith which th ey may
occur. The unique s e t fo r each stem c la s s may be increased
by one to four a f f ix e s which d e fin e su b c la sse s o f th e stem
c la s s e s . Although th e t o t a l s e t fo r each stem c la s s i s a
unique co n fig u ra tio n , c e r ta in su b se ts o f th e a f f i x e s are
shared by more than one stem c la s s .
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i
I
40
The stem c la s s e s are:
nouns n
a d je c tiv e s aj
t r a n s it iv e verba tv
in t r a n s it iv e verbs iv
a f f e c t verbs av
i n f l e c t i b l e p a r t ic le s ip .
There i s an a d d itio n a l c la s s , p a r t i c l e s , which are
not in f le c t e d . P a r tic le s are stem s, r a d ic a l or d eriv ed ,
which fu n c tio n as words in s y n ta c tic c o n str u c tio n s, but
which are not in f le c t e d .
A stem i s anything th a t may occur w ith th e in
f l e c t i o n a l a f f i x e s o f a s in g le stem c l a s s . A stem c o n s is ts
m inim ally o f a root and maximally o f a root p lu s sev e r a l
d e r iv a tio n a l a f f i x e s .
Stems are formed by a f f ix a t io n , r e d u p lica tio n
(r e d u p lic a tio n i s handled morphophonemically as a type o f
a f f i x a t i o n ) , ju x ta p o sitio n (compounding), and combinations
o f th e s e .
A m u ltiv a le n t stem i s one th a t may occur w ith the
i n f le c t i o n a l a f f ix e s o f more than one stem c la s s without
change in morphemic co n stitu en cy . M u ltivalen t stems are
few . Most o f them occur w ith th e in f le c t i o n a l a f f ix e s o f
two form c la s s e s . Most are a ls o r a d ic a l stem s. Since
th ey are few , and th ere i s no formal b a s is fo r s e t t in g up
morphemes o f z e r o -d e r iv a tio n , such r o o ts are s e t up as
m u ltiv a le n t. e . g . ,
a) Ecay3 T 't o lo s e '
I 'to be l o s t '
b) &ahic9 N 'fir e '
A 'h o t'
I 't o g e t hot'
c) tfcok^l T 't o cu t'
I 't o be cut'
d) mes3 N 'broom'
T 't o sweep'
e) {pfil3 T 't o pour out'
I 't o gush fo r th '
f) tup3 T 't o put o u t/e x tin g u ish '
I 't o go o u t/b e extin gu ish ed
g) tim3 N 'bow'
T 't o s tr e tc h a s tr in g '
h) yak3 N 'sn are'
T 't o snare'
i) T 't o drink'
I 't o drink'
N 'lo u s e ' (* (b lood)d rin ker)
In a l l stem c la s s e s (excep t a f f e c t v erb s, which
are always derived) are found both r a d ic a l and derived
stem s. There are seven c la s s e s o f r o o ts:
N noun root
A a d je c tiv e root
T t r a n s it iv e verb root
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i
42
P p o s itio n a l verb root
I in t r a n s it iv e verb ro o t
; Pi i n f l e c t i b l e p a r t ic le root
Pn p a r t ic le r o o t.
When r o o ts fu n c tio n as stem s, th ey belong to th e
fo llo w in g stem c la s s e s :
N > n noun stem
A > aj a d je c tiv e stem
T > tv t r a n s it iv e verb stem
P > tv t r a n s it iv e verb stem
I > iv in s t r a n s it iv e verb stem
Pi > ip i n f l e c t i b l e p a r tic le
Pn > P p a r t ic le .
P r o o ts are d istin g u ish e d from T ro o ts in terms
o f th e d e r iv a tio n a l d esin en ces w ith which th ey may occur.
While v ir t u a lly a l l o f th e T r o o ts fu n c tio n as tv stem s,
somewhat fewer than a l l o f th e P r o o ts do.
45 A ffix e s
A ffix a l morphemes occurs in g ly or in combinations
w ith one anotheras d e sin e n c e s.
4 5 .1 D esinences
D esinences are a f f ix e s or combinations o f a f f ix e s
which fu n c tio n as u n its in stem and word form ation. In
th e case o f stem form ation, th e a f f ix a t io n o f a
d e r iv a tio n a l desin en ce to a root or stem always y ie ld s
a stem, i . e . , something to which in f le c t i o n a l a f f ix e s
can be added. In th e case o f word form ation, the
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a f f ix a t io n o f an in f le c t i o n a l d esin en ce to a stem always
y ie ld s a f u ll- f le d g e d m orphological word, i . e . , , some
th in g which fu n c tio n s as a u n it in s y n ta c tic co n str u c tio n s.
A m orphological word may not be fu rth e r a ff ix e d .
Since d esin en ces fu n ctio n as u n it s , th ey are more
or l e s s r e a d ily is o la b le and show both p h o n o lo g ic a lly
conditioned v a r ia n ts and m orph ologically conditioned
a lte r n a n ts . Many d esin en ces are fu rth er segm entable
in to recurrent p a r t ia ls w ith s im ila r it y o f form and
meaning to p arts o f oth er d e sin e n c es. The t o t a l number
o f d esin en ces (which form a rath er la r g e but c lo sed s e t )
can be reduced t o a somewhat sm aller clo sed s e t o f
a f f i x a l morphemes (or elem en ts).
The segm entation o f d esin en ces in to a f f i x a l mor
phemes, however, does not correspond t o any productive
form o f m orphological c o n str u c tio n . I t i s th er e fo re
im p ossib le to s ta te whether th e v a r ia n t forms o f the
a f f i x a l morphemes are th e r e s u lt o f p h onological or
m orphological co n d itio n in g . On th e oth er hand, va ria n t
forms o f d esin en ces are u s u a lly unambiguously
a ttr ib u ta b le e ith e r to ph on ological or to m orphological
co n d itio n in g . That i s , although th ey are o fte n mor-
phem ically complex, th ey a ct l i k e u n it morphemes.
Since th ey are not always so , th e v a r ia n t forms o f a
desin en ce cannot properly be c a lle d i t s "allomorphs".
The varian t forms are c a lle d a llo fo r m s. and th e term
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a lte r n a n t i s used fo r both allom orphs and alloforras o f
d e sin e n c e s. Thus, r o o ts have allomorphs and d esin en ces
have a llo fo r m s.
When a d esin en ce i s morphemically complex, i t
c o n s is t s o f two or th re e morphemes in immediate
co n stitu en cy w ith one another. B i- and trimorpheraic
d esin en ces are tr e a te d as u n its fo r purposes o f s ta tin g
d e r iv a tio n a l and in f le c t i o n a l morphology s in c e
d e r iv a tio n i s d efin ed as: 'th e adding o f d e r iv a tio n a l
m a teria l t o r o o ts and stems so as to produce stem s , and
in f le c t i o n i s d efin ed a s , 'th e adding o f in f le c t i o n a l
m aterial t o stems so as to produce words .
The f i r s t morpheme o f a polymorphemic desinence
i s not in immediate co n stitu en cy w ith th e preceding
morpheme nor does i t form a stem or word.
A d e r iv a tio n a l d esin en ce may or may not change
th e stem c la s s o f th e root or stem to which i t i s
a ff ix e d . D eriv a tio n s which do not change stem c la s s
may be follow ed by o th er d e r iv a tio n s which do in fa c t
change 3tem c l a s s . An in f le c t i o n a l a f f i x i s never
follow ed by a d e r iv a tio n a l a f f i x .
D eriv a tio n s which do not change stem c la s s never
t h e le s s u s u a lly change le x i c a l meaning.
/w ln ik / n man
/w ln ik il/ n m anliness'
D e riv a tio n a l d esin en ces which do not change stem c la s s
are th e fo llo w in g :
Ebey3 (51) w ith t v in d ir e c t iv e
/ / 111/ / to say it* / / a lb e // to say i t t o someone*
fta la n ^ (49) w ith t v p lu ra l o b je c t
/ / m i l / / to k i l l him' //m ilta la n // t o k i l l them
Vlan3 (50) w ith t v and i v 'rep eated a c tio n
/ / u // 'to drink i t ' / / u & ila n // to keep on
drink ing i t '
/ / h u l / / 't o a r r iv e / / h u l i l a n / / t o keep on a r r iv in g
These d esin en ces a ls o occur w ith v ir t u a lly a l l th e mem
bers o f th e appropriate stem c la s s e s , lim ite d o n ly by
co n sid era tio n s o f congruence.
Other d e r iv a tio n a l d esin en ces occur w ith v ir t u a l
l y a l l th e members o f th e stem c la s s e s w ith which th ey
may occur, but by c o n tr a st w ith th e previous group th ey
change th e stem c la s s . These are:
fawantl (52) tv > iv (c h a r a c te r is tic /a b s o lu tiv e )
el3 (60) v>n (gerund)
tem^ (93) iv > a j (p a st p a r tic ip le )
fb iliJ (94) tv> aj (p a st p a ssiv e p a r t ic ip le )
fo tj (93) tv > iv (p a ssiv e )
Stems formed w ith c e r ta in d e r iv a tio n a l d esin en ces
may o p tio n a lly be derived by a d d itio n a l d e r iv a tio n a l

t
m a te r ia l. Stems .formed w ith other d e r iv a tio n a l
d esin en ces can not be fu rth er derived by a d d itio n a l
d e r iv a tio n a l m a te r ia l. By d e f in it io n , th ere are no
46
d e r iv a tio n a l d esin en ces which are o b lig a t o r ily follow ed
by a d d itio n a l d e r iv a tio n a l m a te r ia l. Morphemes in
d e r iv a tio n a l c o n stru ctio n s which do not form a stem
when taken w ith th e preceding m a teria l are not d e r iv a
t io n a l d e sin e n c es, but a f f i x a l morphemes.
T ro o ts CV le se e k
CVC lo ea t f r u it
one excep tion : / / a i - a y~ 6 y i~ ll b i y / / to
I r o o ts CV H to grow'
CVC 66 'e n te r '
CVhC 6h/f c o n tr a c t
P ro o ts CV ti 'le a n in g '
CVC mel 'f ix e d '
N r o o ts CV nil 'house'
CVC lum 'e a rth '
CVhC ic6h& 'fir e '
cw*
cwc*
cvcv p4ta 'guava'
cvcvc w lnik 'man'
CVhCV*
CVhCVC . mahtan 'g ift'
CV CVC 6 tan 'h e a r t'
one excep tion : 'woman'
occurs w ith t h e o r e t ic a lly p o s s ib le forms fo r which no

examples have been found.
A r o o ts CV ta b i t t e r 1
CVC bdl stu p id '
CVV*
CVCV poko 'used up
me*
CVCVC ta k in 'dry'
P ro o ts CV to 'y e t/s till'
CVC nas 'o n ly '
CVCV ma$a 'who'
CVCVC k la l 'u n t i l'
CV CVC ya t i k 'now'
Affixes
p r e fix e s c s 'th ir d person
VC ah a g en t
CVC lah 'p lu r a l'
( in f ix e s INI)
s u f f ix e s c t 'stem form ative
VC et 'in t r a n s i t iv e '
CVC tik 'p lu r a l'
47 T a ctics
This part o f th e grammar may be viewed a s having
two p a r ts: morphology (5 0 -8 0 ), which d e a ls w ith the

arrangements of affixes, and syntax (90), which deals
w ith th e arrangements o f words.
*
occurs w ith t h e o r e t ic a lly p o s s ib le forms fo r which
no examples have been found.
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48 Morphology: D esinence Formation
4 8 .1 There are t h ir t y a f f i x a l morphemes which recur or
occur w ith recu rrin g p a r t ia ls such th a t th ey are
segm entable. The rem aining d e sin e n c e s, i . e . ,
th o se which do not contain one o f th e t h ir t y recu r
in g a f f i x e s , are presumed to be monomorphemic,
both because o f t h e ir shape, and because th ey
may not be segmented.
Segmentable d esin en ces are analyzed a t
th e p la ce o f t h e ir d e s c r ip tio n in d e r iv a tio n a l
or i n f le c t i o n a l morphology, in terms o f th e t h ir t y
recurrent a f f i x a l morphemes. The remaining
d esin en ces are not segmented; in d ic a te s th a t
they are not a n alyzab le.
The meanings o f th e t h ir t y recurrent
p a r t ia ls are very g e n e ra l, although combinations
o f them in to d esin en ces u s u a lly have very s p e c if ic
meanings.
4 8 .2 D esinence Formation: Recurrent P a r tia ls in
D esinences
P lural
1. tik
2. ik
3. lah
I
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Stem Formative A bsolutive
4. t 21. Vw
5. 1 22. on
6. I n tr a n s itiv e
7. A 23.
8. S 24. Vh
9. k 25. Vn
10 . ^ 26. h
11. R A ffe c t
12. Vm 27. e t in t e r -
13. (k)* m itten cy
14. (Vh) T ra n sitiv e
S u b stan tival 28. Vn
15 In 29. Vy
Nominal 30. (es) 'c a u s a tiv e '
16. Vb 'agent/instrum ent*
17. Vh
18. VI
A d.iectival
19. em
20. VI
Forms in p arenth eses ( ) are not them selves recu rren t,

but th ey occur w ith recurren t p a r t ia ls .
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50 DERIVATION
51 D erivation bv A ffix a tio n
51.1 Charts o f D e riv a tio n a l D esinences
The fo llo w in g ch arts e x h ib it T z e lta l d e r iv a tio n
a l d esin en ces according to t h e ir p o s itio n s and paradig
m atic r e la t io n s h ip s . The p o s itio n s o f d e r iv a tio n a l
a f f ix e s are based on t h e ir p r iv ile g e s o f occurrence w ith
other a f f ix e s o f the same ty p e s , i . e . , v e rb a l, nominal,
a d j e c t iv a l, e t c . Thus, in th e f i r s t p o s itio n o f verb
d e r iv a tio n are found a f f ix e s which occur w ith verbal
r o o t s , but w ith noun stems which may be e ith e r r a d ic a l
or d eriv ed . C onversely, in th e f i r s t p o s itio n o f noun
d e r iv a tio n are found a f f ix e s which occur w ith nominal
r o o t s , but w ith verb stems which may be e ith e r r a d ic a l
or d eriv ed . There are fou r paradigms o f d e r iv a tio n by
a f f ix a t io n v e rb a l, nominal, a d j e c t iv a l, and p a r t ic le .
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51.2 Verb D erivation
t
+1 i +2
tv iv av ,! tv iv
>~
v root pVn pVh CjUn VmtaT Vweh^
l
ri stem /Vn j&Vh Vnah !i in 5
or &vn Sh Hawet taY
aj stem J:Vn icVh et es
jrfa ah /â9ah vl C2e t

! |
Han Hah lahan ! i
! i
VY V y in la h e t
1 >
1VI Vh kVnah J
lin
i
an ih a
in^ ah^
HCLV1n anah
in 2 ih 2
in3
!
aw^ 1
i
j |
i in 4
i
mah j
!
ah2 i
i
bah
omah
Vweh^
|
Vy
V
ub
51
+3 +4 +5
tv tv /iv tv iv iv
fm
ta la n VLan bey awan ot
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51.3 Noun D erivation

...............
-1 +1 +2
m
v stem Vwehg il
j ah3
!
n stem Vwil V11
j or eh^ tik il
t t
! a j stem al tik i
mah VI,
2
eh2
aw2
ohel
b al
ben
b'dil
le h
emal
ib
tah ib
ab
H il
ol
ik il
Vp
la l
al
ila l
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51.3 Noun D erivation (c o n td)
-1 +2
v stem am
n stem et
or ub
a j stem R tik
eb
hey
eh3
5 1 .4 A d jective D erivation
+1 +2
r o o ts and v stems em RH
b il
v
V .h tik
V1lahben
V^mtik
H V jlt ik
R tik
^3
B:
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51.5 P a r tic le D erivation
+1
r o o ts tik 2
yuk
tik 3
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51.6
In the fo llow in g se c tio n s , each d erivation al
desinence w i l l be l i s t e d separately according to the
p o sitio n i t has in the d eriv a tio n a l ch arts. '
The follow in g charts (51.7) assign a number to
each a f f ix and s ta te which c la ss e s of stems and roots
i t may occur w ith , how ( i f at a ll) i t i s paired paradig-
m a tica lly with other d eriv a tion al desinences (see next
paragraph), and which a f fix e s i t may be further derived
w ith, other than those of universal occurrence.
Paradigmatic pairing means thatjwhenever a
given desinence occurs with a root or stem another
given desinence o f p a r tia lly sim ila r and p a r tia lly
d iffe r e n t function and meaning w ill a lso occur with the
same root or stem.
A unique con stitu en t (uc) i s a rad ical which
does not occur as a f r e e ly - in f le c t ib le stem and does not
occur with enough d eriv a tio n al desinences to e s ta b lish
i t s c la s s , and often not in enough constructions to
e s ta b lish i t s meaning.
In the verb d erivation chart, th ere i s one
desinence, fcVweh^ (3 4 ), which occurs in both f i r s t and
second s u f f ix p o sitio n .
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51.7
Desinence #, Derived Name Paradig- Further

Stem C lass. From matic Deriva
and P osition R elatives tio n s
1 . tv + 1 P pVn 14 47,48
2 tv + 1 P i&Vn 15 47,48
3 tv + 1 F vn 16 47,48
4 tv + 1 P tfn 17 47,48
5 tv + 1 P jifa an 18 47,48
6 tv + 1 P Han 19 47,48
7 tv + 1 P,T,N,A,uc VI 21 47,48,34
8 tv + 1 T,P (IVY 47,48,34

cdJ
9 tv + 1 T [lin 47,48,34
10 tv + 1 T : an 47,48
11 tv + 1 n 23 47,48
in l
12 tv + 1 uc HC1V1n 47,48
13 tv + 1 (29) 47,48
iB2
14 iv + 1 P pVh 1
15 iv + 1 P jfcvh 2
16 iv + 1 P SVh 3
17 iv + 1 P lcVh 4
18 iv + 1 P iâ ah 5
19 iv + 1 P Hah 6
20 iv + 1 P Vxyin
21 iv + 1 Vh 7
22 iv + 1 T 48
H2
23 iv + 1 n 11 --------
^hl
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51.7 (cont'd)
Desinence #, Der ed Name Paradig Further

Stem C lass, From matic Deriva
24 iv + 1 N ah, 47
CD 1
25 iv + 1 N (anah 47
26 iv + 1 A ih 2 48
27 iv + 1 N,n,T,P,p in . 47,48
28 iv + 1 . T aw^ 47,48

29 iv + 1 uc in 4 13 47,48
30 iv + 1 I, T mah 47,48,46
31 iv + 1 N, uc ah2 47,48
32 iv + 1 T bah 47,48,46
33 iv + 1 T omah 47,48,46
34 iv + 1 T,n Vweh^ (11) 47,48,46
35 iv + 1 47,48,46
36 iv + 1 a j,n ,P ,u c ub 48,46
37 av + 1 N,P,T,uc,onom Cûn
-M
38 av + 1 it Vnah
39 av + 1 tt Hawet
40 av + 1 i^t
"
41 av + 1 ,, ' ViC2et
42 av + 1 tr lahan
43 av + 1 tt
\ lahet
44 av + .1 N,uc kVnah
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51.7 (con td)
Desinence # , Derived Name Paradig Further

45 tv + 2 iv ,u c VmtaY
46 tv + 2 2 3 ,3 2 ,3 3 ,3 4 ,
ln 5
35,36
* i
47 tv + 2 taT
48 tv + 2 es *

34 iv + 2 Vweh-^
49 tv + 2 tv ta lan
50 t v /iv + 3 t v /i v Vlan
51 tv + 4 tv bey
52 iv + 4 tv awan
53 iv + 5 tv ot
54 n - 1 n ,tv -
ah3
55 n + 1 iv(34) rVwehg
56 n + 1 n( 55) Vwil 54
<
57 n + 1 iv ( 5 2 ) eh-^ 54
58 n + 1 iv(31) a li 54
58
51.7 (cont'd)
Desinence #, Derived Name Paradig Further

and P o sitio n R elatives tio n s
59 n + 1 iv(30) imal 54
60 n + 1 t v /iv /a v el 54
61 n + 1 tv -eh2 54
62 n + 1 T aw2 54
63 n + 1 T ohel 54
64 n + 1 T bal
65 n + 1 T ben
66 n + 1 T b 5 il
67 n + 1 P leh
68 n + 1 I emal
69 n + 1 * T ,P ,I ,t v ,iv f ib
7 0 n + 1 N,T,I ( tahib
71 n + 1 T ,P ,tv ab (VI)
72 n + 1 P Hil
73 n + 1 T ol
74 n + 1 ' P ik il
75 n + 1 Tj It Vp (VI)
76 n + 1 T,N la l
77 n + 1 N
a l2
78 n + 1 N ila l
79 n + 1 N eit
80 n + 1 N,T im
81 n + 1 N am
82 n + 1 N,uc et
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51.7 (cont'd)
Desinence # , Derived Name Paradig Further

83 n + 1 N,T,uc ub (VI)
84 n + 1 N Rtik
85 n + 1 num eb
86 n + 1 num,uc,N hey 87
87 n + 1 nura,uc 85
eh3
88 n + 2 n il
89 n + 2 n
V11
90 n + 2 n tik il
91 n + 2 n tik^
92 n + 2 aj V12
i
93 aj + 1 iv em
94 aj + 1 tv b il
95 aj + 1 P,T f v .
96 aj + 1 P.T < Vjhtik

97 aj + 1 P,T ( V^lahben
98 aj + 1 P,uc V^mtik
99 aj + 1 P HV^tik
100 aj + 1 Rtik
101 aj + 1 VI,
102 aj +1 R
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51.7 (cont'd)
Desinence # , Derived Name Paradig- Further

Stem C lass, From matic Deriva-
and P o sitio n R elatives tio n s
103 aj + 2 RH
104 p + 1
105 p + 1
106 p + 1
107 p + 1 . 103
51.8
In the follow in g charts the follow in g kinds of
inform ation are given about each of the 107 d erivation al
a f f ix e s , according to t h is format:
1. number and name o f a f f ix g lo ss
2. morphological constituency (as in 48.2)
3. (alio)form s
4. d istr ib u tio n s o f alloform s ( i f any)
5. functions
6. p rod u ctivity
7. examples.
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ii
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1. EpVn^ 'tr a n s itiv iz e r '
2. 2 s f + Vn tv
3. / / pV n//^// pVn//
M j ; **
4. //p V n // a fte r jee3 'le a n in g 1; //p V n // elsewhere
5. Derives tv stems from P roots
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//h& y//P 'tw ir lin g ' ----- > //h o y p in // 'to tw ir l'
//jSfeh//P 'leaning* ----- > //jeh p un // 'to t ip '
#2
1. t^Vn^ 'tr a n s itiv iz e r '
2. ^ s f + Vn tv
3. //& //
4. No alloform s
6. Non-productive
7. Ex.
/ / b i l / / P 'slip p er y ' ----- > / / b i l jfrun// 'to s lid e '
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#3
1. kfcvn^ t r a n s it iv iz e r
2. S s f + Vn tv .
3. //S V n //
4. No alloform s
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / b a l / / P r o lle d up ----- > // b a l &un// to r o l l up'
#4
1. ticVn^ t r a n s it iv iz e r
2. sf < Vn tv
3. //fe v n //
4. No alloform s
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//b u t //P toppled ------> //b u t k in // to topple'
//w I l1 //P ------> //w a l ic u n //
#5
1. E/a9an3 t r a n s it iv iz e r
2. /a 9 s f + Vn tv
3. / / / a 9a n //
4. No alloform s
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//m e l//P fix e d ------> //mhl / a 9a n // to f ix '
/ / t i h / / P near > / / t i h / a 9an/ / 'to bring near
#6
1. Han3 'tr a n s itiv iz e r '
2. h iv + Vn tv
3. //H a r v T W /H ^ n //
4. //H V jn // before EtaY^, tes3; //H a n // elsewhere
6. Productive
-
7. Exs.
/ / c 6 t / / P sea ted --> / / l o t Han// 'to s e t down'
------> / / I b t Hon t e s / / 'to
cause to s e t down'
//te lc //P standing' > / / t b k Han// to erect*
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#7
1. tVY^ 'tr a n s itiv iz in g '
2. Vy tv
3. //a Y // / / i l / / / / 0Y // oo //u T //
4. Alloforms are le x ic a lly determined:
//a Y // with il^ tM b^ tk i in 3 t ^ i il^ t aht^
/ / iY // w ith uhj<!3 huh&3 6kol3 sdKk3 l6 i l 3 ]
mal^
//o Y // w ith <Ehdhic3
//u Y // with h&w3 bal3 &el3 b4hic3 &lhan3 t iic^

% %
Roots of the shape CVCVC have the shape.CVCC before VY^
5. Derives tv stems from P, T, N, and A roots as w ell as
from u c ,s .
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
a) w ith P roots
//h a w // with arms spread -> //haw uY// to measure
with arms
/ / b a l / / tw iste d -> //b a l uY // to tw ist'
b) w ith T roots
/ / i l / / to s e e -> / / i l aY/ / 'to hate'
//fee 1 //* 'to look a t -> //ic e l uY // to observe'
//m a l// 'to pour o u t -> //m al iY // 't o wait fo r'
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with N roots
/ / i d 9! / / joking conversation - > //l& l iY //
to d eceiv e
/ / b a h i / / 400 ----- > //bahk uY// to count by 400s
//fcah n // cord ----- > //&ahn uY// to make cord
H i fi9b / / w riting' ------> / /jfci'?baY// to w r ite
/ / lie // wind ------> / / ik uY // to blow
//t u h k // gun ------> //tuhlc aY// to shoot
with A roots
/ / i c is n // warm/ > //fciSn aY // to h ea t
/ / jî l . / / overgrown - > / / / i 9l aY // to damage *
with u c,s
/ / 9a h t // ....... > / / aht aY // to count
/ / W / / - > / / W iY // to k is s /s m e ll
//ta k // ----- > //ta lc iY // to a d v ise
//h d h k // ----- > //hihlc oY// to ask a question
//huhfc// ----- > //huhS iY // to blow
/ / o k l// - > / / 6kl iY // to watch s e c r e tly
//s o h k // ----- > //s&hk iY // to clea r land
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#8
1. fclVT3 t r a n s it iv iz in g
2. 1 s f + Vjr tv
3. / / l i Y / / ^ //la Y //
4. / / l a Y / / with t / e 3 laugh
/ / l i Y / / with $ak3 fna?3 mak^
5. Derives t v stems from T and P roots
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
a) from T
//< fak // to mend > / / / a k li Y / / to fo llo w
///& / / * to la u g h ' > / / / e la Y // 'to laugh a t
/ / na / / 'to know ------> //n a ? l i Y / / to stare at'
b) from P
//raak // 'to clo se o f f' ------> //mak l i Y / / 'to li s t e n at'
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#9
1. tlin<3 'tr a n sitiv iz in g *
2. 1 s f + Vn tv
3. //lin //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives tv stems from T roots
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//m ale// 'to chew in small p ie c e s ' > //mafc l i n / /
'to serve food to '
#10
1. an3 'to make round'
2. Vn tv
3. //a n //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives tv stems from T roots
6. Non-productive
7. Exs,
//p a fc // 'to slap' ------> //p& a n //'t o make mud w a lls'
'to mold* 'to make dough'
/ / a ^ b iy // 'to hear' '----- > / / a biy a n // 'to ta lk about'
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#11
1. E in ^ 'denominative t r a n s it iv iz in b (
2. Vn tv
3. / / i n / / / / a n / / o'1/ / n / / ^ / / o n / /
4. / / o n / / with Eicop^ 'speech'
//n // with {&u3 'sacred ob ject'
Etu3 'u sefu ln ess'
/ / a n / / with Ec e b^ 'two'
E elek^ 'robbery'
E e^ uc
Ela b^ ' e v i l genius'
/ / i n / / elsewhere
5. Derives tv stems from n stems, rad ical or derived
6. Productive
7. Exs.
a) Alloform / / n / /
/ / & / / * 'sacred o b ject' - > //fcu n / / 'to heed'
/ / t u / / * 'u se fu ln ess' ------ > / / t u n / / 'to make use of'
b) Alloform / / o n / /
//ic o p // 'speech' > //&op o n // 'to ta lk to/about'
-
c) Alloform / / a n / /
/ / 5 e9b / / two' > / / c e9b a n // 'to consider

-
s e r io u s ly
/ / 9e llc // 'r o b b e r y ' > / / 9elie a n // 'to s te a l'
/ / 9e //* uc > / / 9e a n // 'to carry corn'
/ / l a 9b/ / e v il genius' ----- > / / l a 9b a n // 'to mock'
d) Alloform / li.nl/
/ / inam // w if e 1 ------> / / inam i n / / 't o tak e as a w ife '
//w a y 5 / / dream ------ > //w y6 i n / / 't o dream about'
/ / oices// trumpet ------ > / / okes i n / / 'to blow a trumpet
/ / 9i ta V / to y ' > / / iS t a i n / / 't o p lay w ith'
#12
1. E H C ^n} in t e n s iv e
2. + Vn tv
3. //HC1V1n / /
4. No alloform s
I
5. Derives tv stems from uc , s o f the shape CV
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
*&i ---- > //&i h S in // 't o s t r a i n / f i l t e r
*56 . > Hlb h5on/ / 't o s c a t te r '
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#13
1. firig^ 'tr a n s itiv iz in g '
2. Vn tv
3. / / i n / / * 5 / / u n / / > / / a n / /
4. / / u n / / with tik3
/ / a n / / with tmah^
/ / i n / / with tah3 tfcat^ t at^ &Scup*l u/Q lah3
5. Derives tv stems from one I root and several uc , s .
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
a) Alloform / / u n / /
//tik //u c ------> / / t i k u n // 'to order, send'
b) Alloform / / a n / /
//m ah//uc > //mah a n // 'to borrow/lend'
c) Alloform / / i n / /
/ / a t //u c ----- > / / at i n / / 'to wash' c f . / / at i n / / t v
//t a h //u c ------> //ta h in // 'to p lay c f ./ / t a h i n / / i v
//& a t//u c ------> //Icat i n / / 'to heat' c f .//k a t i n / / i v
//la h //I ------> //la h in // 'to spend/waste'

'to be terminated'
//& up//uc ------> //&up i n / / 'to lik e /e n jo y '
/ / u $//u c ------> / / u^ i n / / 'to bother, h/rm'
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#14
1. pVh3 in t r a n s i t iv iz e r
2. s f + Vh iv
3. //p V h //^ //p V h //

4. / / pVh// w ith le a n in g ; / /p V h // elsew here
5. D erives iv steins from P ro o ts
6* Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / ^ h / / P 'le a n in g ------> //jlfeh p u h // to t i p
//h 6 y //P tw ir lin g ' ------> //h o y p i h / / to tw ir l'
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#15
1. in t r a n s it iv iz e r *
2. s f + Vh iv
3. '//fib//
4. No alloform s
5. D erives iv stems from P ro o ts
6. Non-productive
7. Ex.
/ / b i l / / P s lip p e r y ------> /M l jfcuh// to s l i p , s l i d e
#16
1. ftvhQ in t r a n s it iv iz e r '
2. s f + Vh i v
3. //J ih //
4. No alloform s
5. D erives iv stems from P r o o ts
6. Non-productive
7. Ex.
/ / b a l / / P 'r o lle d up ------ > //b & l u h // to r o l l up
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#17
1. ficVh^ 'in tr a n s itiv iz e r *
2. i s f + Vh iv
3. //W /
4. No alloform s
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//b u .t//P to p p led -> //b u t & ih // 't o to p p le
//w a l//P -> //w a l icuh//
#18
1. 'in tr a n s itiv iz e r
2. s f + Vh iv
3. / / / a a h //
4. No alloform s
6. Non-productive'
7. Exs.
//m e l//P f ix e d ~> //m e l / a a h // 't o be f ix e d
/ / t i h / / P near ------> / / t i h / a a h // to approach
1. tHahJ in t r a n s it i v i z e r
2. h i v + Vh iv
3. //H a h //
'4. No alloform s
5. D erives i v stems from P ro o ts
6. Productive
7. Exs.
/ / S 6 t / / P s e a te d ------ > / / 5 6 t H ah// / t o be sea ted '
//te ic //P 's t a n d i n g > / / t e k Hah// 't o stand up'
#20
1. {V^yin^ 'in t r a n s it iv iz in g '
2. Vy i v + Vn iv
3. //V jy in //
4. No alloform s
5. D erives i v stems from P r o o ts
6. Productive
7. Exs.
/ /k e h //P 'k n e e lin g ' ------> //k e h e y i n / / 'to k n eel'
//w u ///P ' s i t t i n g ' ------> //w u / u y in // 't o s i t down'
1. Vh3 1in t r a n s it iv iz in g : a b s o lu tiv e
2. Vh iv
3. //a h //
4. P aradigm atically paired w ith fVY^ t r a n s i t i v i z i n g ' .
I t has th e same typ es and d is tr ib u tio n s o f a llo fo rm s,
although i t does not occur w ith a l l th e r o o ts th a t
VY^ d oes, and only th e form / / a h / / i s rep resen ted in
our data.
7. Exs.
/ / 9i l / / T to see* ------ > / / 9i l a h // to h a te
/ / / i b //N w r itin g -> //j&i b a h // to w rite
//& i n //A warm ------ > //& in a h // to warm
#22
1. t y mediopassive
2. h iv
3. //H //
4. No alloform s
5. D erives iv stems from T r o o ts
6. Productive
7. Exs.
/ / p i s / / to do ------ > //p a s H // to g e t done
//t & // to s p l i t wood -> / /t o S H/ / t o (g e t) s p l i t '
/ / b u t / / to f i l l up > //b u t H // to f i l l up
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#23
1. fih ^ denom inative in t r a n s it iv iz i n g
2. Vh iv
3. / / ih // //o h //'* 7/ / a h / / ^ / / e h / /
4. c f. t in ^ denom inative t r a n s i t i v i z i n g (11)
/ / a h / / occurs p a r a lle l to / / a n / /
/ / o h / / occurs p a r a lle l to / / o n / /
/ / e h / / and / / i h / / occur p a r a lle l to / / i n / /
5. D erives i v stems from noun stem s, r a d ic a l and d erived
6. Productive
7. Exs.
a) Alloform / / o h / /
//Jcop// speech ---- >

//kop oh// to converse.: //&op on//
b) Alloform / / a h / /
/ / 5 e b / / two ------ >
/ / S & b a h / / to consider s e rio u s ly :
//c erb an//

/ / e lic // t h e f t >
/ / el& a h // to s t e a l ' : / / 9el& a n //
c) Alloform / / e h / /
/ / ihkaj^// 'load' ---- > / / Ihka/ eh// to carry a load'

//wayS// 'dream' > //wayS eh// 'to dream':
//w a y 5 i n / /
d) Alloform / / i h / /
/ / n e a l / / so n -in -la w ------> // n e a l i h / / to become
someone's s o n -in -la w
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1. tah-^ denom inative in t r a n s it iv iz in g : a b so lu tiv e '
2. Vh iv
3. //a h // - / / a / /
4. / / a / / b efore ftaY^; / / a h / / elsew here
5. D erives iv stems from N roots
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / a l / / 'c h ild o f a woman' ------> / / a l a h // 't o g iv e
| b ir th '
/ / n i c n / / 'c h ild o f a man' > //n i& n a h // 't o b eg et'
/ / h a b //* 'vapor' ---------> //h ,a 7b a h // 't o yawn'
/ / a ?b //* 'fa s tin g /p r a y e r ' ------> / / a b a h // 't o f a s t /
pray'
#25
1. tanah^ 'denom inative in t r a n s it iv iz in g : a b s o lu tiv e '
2. Vn iv + Vh iv
3. //a n a h // o=>/ / a n / /
4. / / a n / / b efore EtaY3, //a n a h // elsew here
5. D erives iv stems from.N r o o ts
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / o b //* 'cough' ------> / / o ?b a n a h // 't o cough'
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1. ihg3 'd e a d je c tiv a l in t r a n s it iv iz e r : in g r e ssiv e *
2. ^ iv '
3. //ih //W /a h //W /e h //; //i//< ^ //a // /Mf

4. / / a h / / occurs w ith a few r o o ts: fhalQ tta&3 yan^ Hkan3
/ / i h / / w ith th e rem aining m onosyllabic ro o ts
/ / e h / / w ith th e rem aining d is y lla b ic ro o ts
/ / a / / , / / i / / , / / $ / / occur r e s p e c tiv e ly b efore tes3
5. D erives iv stems from A ro o ts
6. Non-productive
7. E xs.
a) w ith / / a h / /
//h a l// ' enduring* ----- > / / h a l a h // 't o endure*
/ / t a 9/ / 'ripe* ----- > //t & 9 a h // *to ripen*
b) w ith / / i h / /
//ta k // dry* -----> / / t a k i h / / 't o dry up*
/ / 9u / / / good* ----- > / / 9u / i h / / 'to improve*
c} w ith / / e h / /
/ / t u l a n / / 'strong* ------ > / / t u l a n e h // 'to g et strong*
/ / 9a la n / / 'low* > / / 9alan e h // 't o descend*
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#27
It tin ^ 'in t r a n s it iv iz e r : a b s o lu tiv e '
2. Vn iv
3. / / H i n / / ^ //HVin / / oo / / i n / / ^ / / V ^ / / < *> //n// ^ / / u n / /
03 //H u n //
4. / / n / / w ith t t u ^ ib e ^
forms w ith / / H // occur w ith P ro o ts
forms w ith //V ^ // occur w ith most nouns
forms w ith / / u / / occur w ith tnup^P, fhel^T
forms w ith / / i / / occur elsew here
5. D erives iv stems from N, n, T, P, p a r t ic le stems
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
a) w ith N, n
//c u S // u r in e -----> //5 u u n // to u r in a te
///& 9/ / fe c e s ' > / / / a 9 a n // to d e fe c a te
/ / t u / / * 'u s e fu ln e s s ' ------> / / t u n / / 't o be u s e f u l
/ / b e / / road ----- > //b e n / / 't o walk'
//k a y o h // ' s o n g ' > //Icay oh i n / / 't o sin g '
b) w ith T
/ / / e 9/ / * 't o laugh' ----- > / / / I 9 en/ / 't o laugh'

/ / h e l / / 'to exchange' > //h fcl u n // ' t o change'
c) w ith P
//n u p // 'to jo in ' -----> / / n i p Hun// to g e t married'
// k u S / / 't o carry' -----> //k u 5 H in // ' t o (be) blame(d ) '
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d) w ith p a r t ic le s
/ / a y / / e x is t in g 1 - > / / ay i n / / to be b o r n /liv e
#28
1. Eaw^ in t r a n s i t i v i z e r
2. Vw abs
3. //a w //
4. No alloform s
5. D erives iv stems from T ro o ts
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / l c e / / to owe >
//ic e s a w // to be ashamed
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/ / h e l / / to change ------> / / h e l a w // 'to branch (o f
a road)'
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#29
1. E in ^ in tr a n s itiv iz e r '
2. Vn iv
3. //in // ^ //in //
4. //im / / before Eal3 'verbal noun'
/ / i n / / elsewhere
5. Derives iv stems from u c ,s .
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//ta h // ------> / / t a h i n / / 't o p la y
//R a t// ----- > //& at i n / / 'to heat'
/ / a t / / ----- > / / a t i n / / 't o wash'
#30
i
1. Emah3 'i n t r a n s i t i v i z e r '
2. im iv + Vh iv
3. //im a h //^ //m a h //a ? //m a //
4. //m a // b e fo re EtaY<3, Etes^

*
//m a h // b e fo re Ein^,, a f t e r EpolQ
//im a h // a f t e r E &n3
5. Derives iv stems from I and T roots (one each)
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//p o l//T 'to in crease' ------ > //p 6 l mah// 'to buy and s e l l '
/ / a n //I to f le e ' ------> / / an im ah// 'to run'
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#31
1. f in tr a n sitiv iz e r *
2. . Vh iv
3. //ah////eh//
4. / / e h / / a fte r 'ser v ic e* ; / / e / / before ftaY^, ttes^
/ / a h / / elsewhere ; / / a / / before taY3, |t e s 3
5. Derives iv steins from N roots and u c ,s
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
a) from N roots
/ / ?a?t / / service* ------> / / a t e h // to work'
//mebaV/ 'o rp h a n ' -> //m eba7 a h / / 't o be lonesome*
b) from uc
/ / w i n / / hunger* - > //w i n a h // 't o be hungry
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#32
1. fbah^ in tr a n s itiv iz e r : a b solu tive'
2. b s f + Vh iv
3. / / b a h / / W / b a 11
4. //b a ,// before talr3 tes3
//b a h // elsewhere
5. Derives iv stems from T roots
6. F airly productive
7. Exs.
/ / l o V / to eat f r u i t > / / l o b ah // 'to eat f r u i t
//m an // 'to buy ------> //man b ah // 'to buy th in g s
/ / / u n / / 'to sow > ///u n b ah // 'to sow*
//n a / / to know ------> //n a b ah// 'to have under
standing'
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#33 .
1. fomah^ in tr a n s itiv iz e r : customary a ctiv ity *
2. om abs + Vh iv
3. //o m a h //^ //m a h //^ //m a //
4. . //ra a // before tes3 , ttaY^
//m a h // before other d eriv a tion al s u ffix e s , i . e . , those
beginning with vowels
//om ah // elsewhere
5. Derives iv stems from T roots and one uc
7. Exs.
//to h //T to pay fo r > //t 6 h omah// 'to pay an
assessment'
//jlfis//T 'to sew > //jlfis omah// 'to sew'
/ / e s /^ u c > / / 9es omah// 'to be abundant'
f.
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#34
1. (jVweh^ in tr a n s itiv iz e r : a b so lu tiv e
2. Vw abs + Vh iv
3. / / w e h / / 0 0 / / w e / / 01:7//(V )w e h //05 //V w //
4. / / w e / / with Ha93 , s i 93 before ftaT^, tes^
//w e h // before v o w e l-in itia l d eriv a tio n a l s u ffix e s
//V w // not with Ha9^ , s i93 before taY3,fctes3

//(V )w eh // elsewhere
5. Derives iv steins from T roots and from noun stems,
whether rad ical or derived
.7 . Exs.
a) from N ro o ts, unpaired
/ / s i 9/ / firewood' ----- > / / s i 9 w eh// 'to gather firewood'
//H a9/ / 'water* > //H a9 w eh// 'to fetch water'

. b) from T roots
/ / / a k / / 'to catch/grab' -> // / a k (V)weh// 'to catch

( f is h ) '
/ /k a h // 'to harvest' -> // a h (V)weh// 'to h arvest1
c) from nouns; paired with tin -^

/ / 9e //* u c ------> / / 9e (V)weh// 'to carry corn': / / 9e a n //
//&u9/ / 'c lo th e s' -> //&u9 (V)weh// 'to c lo th e ':
//&u9 in //
/ / 9a n / / / 'woman' ------> / / 9an/ (V)weh// 'to chase women':

/ / 9a n / i n / /
/ / / f i 9/ / ' d o g ' > //j i9 (V)weh// 'to hunt with dogs':
//j&i9 i n / /
1 - .
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#35
1. Vy^ in tr a n s itiv iz e r : in g ressiv e'
2. Vy iv
3. //iy // //a y // //u y //
4. / / i y / / with thow^
/ / a y / / with tjlfak-)
/ / u y / / with
//i// //a // / / u / / r e sp e c tiv e ly before ftaY.^, ftes^
5. Derives iv stems from A, P and I roots (one each)
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / / u / / / I to end. ----- > / / / u / u y // to come to an end1
//$ a k //P to f i x ----- > // / a k a y // to be completed
//how //A crazy ----- > //how i y / / to go crazy
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#36
1. Eub^ in tr a n s itiv iz e r : in g r e ss iv e
2. ___
3. //-H u b //<*?//-H u //< *7 / / - u b / / 00/ / - u / /
4. //-H u // fh o S ^ f te s ^ f t a Y j
//-H u b // ho63___
//-u // ___ tte s ^ E ta l^
//-u b //
5. Derives iv stems from noun and a d jectiv e stems, rad ical
or derived, from one P ro o t, and one uc
6. Productive
7. Exs.
a) with a d jec tiv e s
/ / p i h / / i n t e l l i g e n t ----- > / / p i h u b // to get sm art
/ / l i n / / sm all > / / l i n u b // to dim inish
b) with nouns
/ / ahan// 'ro a stin g ear > / / ahan u b // to get

r ip e (of an ear of corn)
c) with P
/ /h a 5 / / empty ----- > //hoS Hub// to grow empty'
/ / p o / / / numb > / / p o / u b // 'to get numb
d) with uc
/ /y a k / / drunken ----- > //y a k u b // 't o get drunk
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#37
1. fCûn^ a ffe c tiv e ; one o b ject, several r e p e titio n s
2. C1 + Vn iv
3. //^ u n //
4.- No alloform s
5. Derives av stems from N, P, T ro o ts, u c ,s and onomato
poeic p a r tic le s a l l o f the shape CV(C)
6. Productive
7. Exs.
/ / b i / / / * ----- > / / b i / b u n // w ig g lin g lik e a snake
//w oh //on om > //woh wun// barking lik e a dog
//m eV /o n o m > //m e mun// 'mewing lik e a cat'
//aw//onora ----- > //ca w cu n // gabbing lik e a woman'
#38
1. Vnah3 a ffe c tiv e : one o b ject, several in ten se
occurrences'
2. Vn iv + Vh iv
3. //V n a h //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives av stems from N, P, T roots and from u c ,s and
onomatopoeic p a r t ic le s a l l o f the shape CV(C)
6. Productive
7. Exs.
/ / e t / / ----- > / / e t unah// 'babbling u n in te llig ib ly '
//^ o V /o n o m > //$ 5 in a h // 'creak in g lik e a c h a ir'
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#39
1. 'a ff e c t iv e : one ob ject, several very
in ten se occurrences'
2. h iv + Vw abs + e t av
3. //H a w et//
4. No alloform s
5. Derives av stems from N, P, T r o o ts, u c ,s and onomato
poeic p a r tic le s a l l of the shape CV(V)
6. Productive
7. Exs.
/ / p i t / / * ----- > / / p i t Hawet// 'jumping up and down'
//k d t //P 'on a l l fou rs' ------> //k o t Hawet// 'crouching
repeatedly'
/ /b a l//P 'r o lle d up' > / /b a i Hawet//
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#40
1. et^ 'a ff e c t iv e : one o b ject, one w ell performed
occurrence'
2. e av
3. //e t//
4. No alloform s
5. Derives av stems from N, P, T ro o ts, u c ,s , and onomato
poeic p a r tic le s a l l o f the shape CV(C)
. Productive
7. Exs.
/ / / 6 ?//onom ------> / / fai e t / / 'creaking lik e a chair'
/ / t d s / / T 'to snap fin g e r s' ----- > / / t o s e t / / 'snapping

the fin g er s'
#41
1. fV^Cget^ a ffe c tiv e : one o b ject, one extended occurrence
2. V.Cg + et av
3. / / \ C 2e t / /
4. No alloform s
5. Derives av stems from N, P, T r o o ts, u c ,s and onomato
poeic p a r t ic le s a l l o f the shape CV(Vj
6. Productive
7. Ex.
/ / iV/onom > / / i i e t / / squealing lik e a p ig'
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#42
1. Elahan^ a ffe c tiv e : sev eral o b je c ts, s e v e n l
r e p e titio n s
V
2. lah p i + Vn iv
3. //la h a n //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives av stems from I , N, P, T r o o ts, u c ,s , and
onomatopoeic p a r tic le s a l l of the shape CV(C)
6* Productive
7. Exs.
/ / t e l e / / standing > / / t S t la h a n // 'sev e ra l stand
ing up
//c a m //I d ie ------> //Sam la h a n // 'sev era l dying
#43
1. lahet3 a ffe c tiv e : several o b je c ts, several
r e p e titio n s '
2 lah p i + et av
3. / / l a h e t / /
4. No alloform s
5. Derives av stems from I , N, P, T r o o ts, u c ,s , and
onomatopoeic p a r t ic le s a l l of the shape CV (C)
6. Productive
7. Ex.
/ / p i t / / ------> / / p i t l a h e t / / 'sev era l jumping up and
down'
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#44
w
1. kVnah3 a ffe c tiv e : walking im perfectly
2. (k) + Vn iv + Vh iv
3. //kV nah//
4. No alloform s
5. Derives av stems from N and uc roots
6. Productive
7. Exs.
//k o s //N lame -> //k oS k in ah // to limp
//t im //P stretch ed ' ------> //t im kunah// to walk on
tip to e
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#45
1. VmtaY^
2. Vms f + t g f Vytv
3. //V m ta l//
4. No alloform s
5. Derives tv stems from monosyllabic iv stems, rad ical
and derived, and from u c,s
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
a) iv
/ / w i l / / 'fly/jump* ------> / / w i l u m tal// 'to jump up and
down'
/ / ?o c // ' e n t e r ' > / / o5 im t a l/ /'t o dare'
b) uc
//h e k / / ------> //h e k u m tal// 'to cross over'
/ / h e s / / ------> //h e umtaY// 'to envy'
. 94
#46
1. tirig^ tr a n s it iv iz e r '
2 - Vntv
3. //in //
4. No alloform s
5. -Serives tv steins from iv stems in
{ih ^ , tbah^, fomahi, fVweh^, ub3, Vy3
#23 #32 #33 #34 #36 #35
7. Exs.
a) with t i h ^
/ / i l ob a h // to be d isp lea sed ----- > /f* i l bah i n / /
'to bother
b) with tbah-1
//5 6 n b a h // to s e l l th in g s > //c o n bah i n / /
c) with tomah^
/ / / ( i s omah// 'to s e w ' > / / / f i s mah i n / /
d) with Vweh3
/ / s i w eh// to gather firewood' -> / / s i weh i n / /
e) with j*Vy9
//M k a y // to be completed > //jlfak ay i n / /
f) with ub^
//t o h u b // 'to get arranged' ------> //t o h ub i n / /
. 95
#47
1. ttaY^J tr a n sitiv iz e r *
2- *Sf + vytv
3. //ta Y // //HV1ta Y // o* //a t a Y // //e t a Y //
4. //HV^taY// with monosyllabic u c ,s
//a t a Y // with an3
//e t a Y // with E oic^
//t a Y / /
5. Derives tv stems from N, I , T, and P r o o ts, monosyllabic
derived tv stems, derived iv stems, u c ,s , and compound
noun stems
7. Exs.
a) with N roots
(1) paired with f i n - 3 (27)
//6u& ta Y // to urinate i t <cu u rin e': cuSun
/ / / a ta Y // to excrete i t <â f e c e s : / a an
/ / aw ta Y // 'to shout i t < aw 'sh out': awun
/ / s e ta Y // to vomit i t up' <se vomit; sen
(2) otherwise
/ / a k in // 'c le a r in g b r u s h '-------> / / alcintaY// 'to clear
brush'
/ / c i k i l / / 'tic k lin g ' ~ > //fc ik ilt a Y // 'to t ic k le '
//him ufc// 's lin g s h o t' > //h im u lta Y // 'to use a
slin g sh o t'
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b) with I roots
//k o l// to e x tr ic a te o n e s e lf ------> //k & ltaY // to h elp
/ / o k // to weep ----- > / / o&etaY// to bew ail
/ / a n // to f l e e -> / / anataY// to chase away
c) T and P roots
/ / t e k / / ( P ) to step on > //te ic ta Y // to step on
/ / hiin// ( T) to throw ------> //h im taY // to throw
d) u c,s
//huh&utaY// to blow'
//IcohkotaY// 'to knock'
//k u su ta Y // 'to f e e l a ffe c tio n for'
//ta w a lta Y // 'to be jea lo u s'
/ / ok oltaY // 'to watch c lo se ly '
e) derived tv stems over f i r s t vowel in a l l forms
#1 pihpun > pihpuntaY
#4 wallcun - > wklkkuntaY
#5 m el/a an -> m el/a antaY
#6 Bohtan :------> cohtontaY
#7 l o laY ------> l o lataY
#11 ahwalin ------> ahwalintaY
#8 / e laY ------> / e iataY
#9 ma k lin -> ma klintaY
#12 /lh /in ------> /ih /in ta Y
f) derived iv stems over f i r s t vowel in a l l forms
#23 ahkanah------ > ahkantaY
#24 alah ---- > a la ta l
#25 o banah ---- > o bantaY
#31 pasyah ---- > pasyataY
#32 manbah ------> manbataY
#33 tahomah ------> tohmataY
#30 polmah - > pdlmataY
#34 s i weh----- ---- > s l wetaY
#35 na oweh--- ---- > na owtaY
#27 kayohin -> icayohintaY
g) compound noun stems
(1) / / S e bal koptaY// 'to give bad advice'
/ / c e bal k op // 'bad advice'
/ / c / / N 'two' + / / e b / / 'numeral' + / / a / /
nominalizer'j*-//kbp//N 'word'
(2) / / i l o ta n ta Y // 'to make angry'
/ / i l o t a n // 'anger'
/ / i l / / T 'to see' + / / o tan/YN 'heart'
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#48
1. tes-3 t r a n s it iv iz in g : c a u s a tiv e
3. / / t e s / / 00 / / e s / /
4. / / e s / / w ith a l l iv stems which do not end in a vowel
(excep t way3, thu ^, t.iw^, ttun-j, fk a d, t/uh^
which have / / t e s / / ) ; / / t e s / / elsew here
5. D erives t v stems from T and P r o o t s , derived t v stem s,
I roots and derived iv stems, and u c,s
6. Productive
7. Exs.
a) T and P r o o ts
/ / t a m / / to pick i t up > //ta m t e s / / to make
someone pick i t up
b) derived t v stems over f i r s t vowel in a l l forms
#1 pihpun ---------- > plhpuntes
#4 waliam > walûntes
#5 m el/a an -> m el/a a n tes
#6 cohtan ----- > bbhtontes
#7 huh&iY ----- > h u h lite s
#11 a t e l i n > a t e l i n t e s
#9 ma k lin -> ma k lin t e s
#13 /ih /in ----- > / l h / i n t e s
c) I r o o ts and i v stems w ith (22)
(1) w ith / / t e s / /
hu 't o be a b le ------ > hu t e s 't o make p o s s ib le '
siw 't o fe a r ' > siw tes to fr ig h te n
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c) (1) w ith / / t e s / / (c o n td)
m6 to ascend* > m&htes *to r a i s e
(2) w ith / / e s / /
oS to e n te r > o /e s 't o put i n
tdhk to be b o rn ' > tohkes to cause to be born'
nu 't o swim > nuses. 't o cause to swim'
derived i v stems
#23 n e a lih ------> n e a lte s
#26 ciknah ------> cfk n ates
#31 . wi nah -> w i n ates
#32 ucbah ------> u^bates
#33 &llomah ------> fcilmates
#29 k a tin ------> ic&tintes
#34 wahoweh ------> wahowtes
#36 tohub -> t&hutes
#35 $akay -> j&lkates
#27 cu un ------> 5u u n tes
u c ,s
hu'nc huhfcutes
100
1. #34 in p o s itio n +2
a) d e r iv e s stems in VY3 (7)
hdh&oY > hohicoweh to ask a question*
sohkiY---- ------- > sohkiweh to c le a r la n d
nauY ------- > nauweh to sp in th rea d
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#49
1. f t a ia n 1 'p lu r a l object.'
2. M L ,! + la iL j + S a tv
=pl pi
3. //ta la n //
4. No alloform s
5. D erives tv stem from tv stems
6. U n iversal
7. No examples are given owing t o i t s u n iv e r sa l occurrence;
see 45.1
#50
1. Vlan3 repeated a c t io n
3. //V l a n / /
4. No alloform s
5. D erives t v or i v stems from t v or iv stems w ithout
changing th e stem c la s s
6. U n iversal .
7. No examples are given owing to i t s u n iv e r sa l occurrence;
see 45.1
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#51
1. fbeyJ in d ir e c t iv e
2 ..............
3. //b e // 0 //b e y //
4. / / b e y / / b efore el3 verbal noun
//b e //
5. D erives t v stems from t v stems
6. U niversal
see 45.1
#52
3. tawan^ a b s o lu tiv e '
2. awabs
v + Vn i.v
3. //( a ) w a n //
4. No alloform s
5. D erives i v stems from t v stems
6. U niversal
See 4 5 .1
103-
#53
1. Hot^ p a ssiv e '
2. *---
3. //-a t//
4. No alloform s
5. D erives i v stems from t v stems
6. U niversal
See 45.1
104
#54
1. tah^-3 'agent*
2. ----
3. / / a h A/ / / / h * / /
4. //a h ^ //w ith th e p o s s e s siv e p r e fix e s f k l 'm y', aw^ 'y o u r ',
Ey3 'h i s '
//h *//-yrh en not p o ssesse d , i . e . , elsew here

i i
5. D erives noun stems in d ic a tin g a personal agent from
most noun stem s, r a d ic a l or d eriv ed . I t always co-
occurs w ith th e s u f f ix fVwilQ (56) 'a g en t' which i s
p arad igm atically paired w ith EVwehi (55) 'a b s o lu tiv e
a c tio n '
6. Productive
7. Exs.
a) from N roots
//&6m//N 'm arriage proposal' - > //hAbm// 'one who
proposes marriage'
//ic u le h //N ' w e a l t h ' > / /h*imleh// 'a r ic h person1
//k a la n //N 'Spanish American'' > //lu k a S la n //
'a Spanish American'
b) from derived n stems
/ / m i l a w // 'murder' ------> //hA m il a w // 'murderer'
/A a y o h // 'song' > //h-lcay o h // 's in g e r'

//k o i t a l (a)wan e h // 's a lv a tio n ' ----- >
/ / l u k o l taY (a)wan e h //
's a v io r '
c) with Vwil3 Vweh]
//j((i9 (V)weh// 'hunting with d o g s': //h * /fi9 (V )w il//
'one who hunts
with dogs'
//y a k (V)weh// 'trapping with snares': //lu y a k (V )w il//
' snaretrapper'
!
1Q6.
#55
1. fVwehg^ verbal noun
2. Vw abs + Vh n
3. / / w e h / / ^ //(V )w e h //
4. //w e h // with Ha9:j water

s i 93 firewood
//(V )w e h // elsewhere
5. Derives verbal nouns from a l l iv stems in tVweh-j^ (34)
by replacing the s u ffix
6. Productive
7. Exs.
//H a9 weh// to fe tc h water : //H a9 weh// fetch in g

water
//yak(V )w eh// to snare-trap : //yak(V )w eh// snare-
trapping
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#56
*#
1. fVwil i 'agentf
2. Vw abs + VI n
3. //w il//^ //(V )w il//
4. / / w i l / / with Ha73 'water*
t s i 73 'firewood'
//( V J w il// elsewhere

M
5. Derives agent nouns from some verbal nouns in fVweh2^(55)
by rep lacin g the s u f f ix . Always co-occurs w ith
' agent' .
7. Exs.
/ / s i 7 weh// 'gathering wood : //h s i? w i l / / 'wood

gatherer'
A* **
/yak (V)weh/ 'snare-trapping' : //h -yak (V )w il//
'snare-trapper'
R epro duce d w ith perm ission o f the cop yrig ht ow ner. F urthe r rep rod uction prohibited w ith o u t perm ission.
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#57
1. J-eh^ verbal noun
2. Vh n
3. //e h //
'4. No alloform s
5. Derives verabl nouns from a l l iv stems in fawan^ (52)
6. Productive
7. Exs.
//ta lc uY (a)w an// to a d v ise > //t a k uY (a)wan e h //
ad vice
//m il (a)w an// to k i l l ------> //m il (a)wan e h //

slau gh ter
/ / k o l taY (a)w an// to save > //k o l taY (a)wan e h //
sa lv a tio n
1. ta l^ verbal noun'
2. VI n
3. / / a l / 1 00 ! I e l / /
4. / / e l / / with f a bat^ (eh3) 'to work
/ / a l / / with fw i n^ (fah-3) 'to be hungry
tpay3 Uah3) to take a walk
with 7a t-in
ta h -in
k a t-in
5. Derives verbal nouns from iv in ah23 (31) by replacing
the s u f f ix and from iv in in ^ (29) by s u ffix in g / / a l / / .
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
with fah^
/ / a t e h // to work : / / a7 t e l / / work
/ / w i n a h // to be hungry : / / w i n a l / / hunger
//p aS y a h // to take a walk : //p a y a l / / a walk
with in3
//t a h i n // t o p la y : //t a h in a l / / game
/ / at i n / / ' t o bathe' : / / at im a l / / 'bath'
//k a t i n / / 'to h ea t : //k a t im a l / / heat
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#59
1. tiraal^ verbal noun'
2. im iv + VI n
3. //m a l// / / i m a l / /
4. //m a l// with tpo]^ (tmah^) 'to buy and s e l l
/ / i m a l / / elsewhere
5. Derives verbal nouns from iv stem s'in mahd (30) and
tin ^ ( 2 9 ) by replacing the s u ffix
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
a) with fmah^
//p o l mah// 'to buy and s e l l ' : //p o l m a l// 'commerce'
/ / anH im ah// 'to run' : / / anH im a l// 'running'
b) with in3
//t a h i n / / 'to play' : / /t a h im a l// 'p la y in g 1
//feat i n / / 'to heat' ; //feat im a l// 'heating'
/ / at i n / / 'to wash' : / / at im a l// 'washing'
Ill
#60
1. el3 verbal noun'
2. VI n
3. //e l//
4. No alloform s
5. Derives verbal nouns from a l l verbs except those in

f
teh-^ (57) al3 (58) tVwehg-3 (55) Eimali (5 9 ), and
passive verbs in ot^ (53)
6. Productive
7. See 45.1
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#61
1. eh3 verbal noun1
2. Vh n
3. / / e h / / ^ //o h //
4. / / e h / / with /e 3 to laugh
t a biy^ 'to .h ea r'
hu 3 n3 'to grind corn
/ / o h / / with kay3 to sing'
tkah^ to h arvest
5. Derives noun stems from t v stems, rad ical or derived.
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//k a y //* T 'to sin g' > //k a y o h // 'song' :
//h*&ay o h // 'sin g er'
//k a h //T 'to harvest' > //k a h o h // 'harvest' :
//h -k a h o h // 'harvester'
// ^ e ?//*T 'to l a u g h ' > / / / e e h // 'laughter'
. / / a biyZ/T 'to hear' ------> / / a b iy e h // 'conversation'
/ / h u W / t v 'to grind c o r n ' > //hu*> n e h // 'grinding

corn'
1. kaw^ 'verbal noun'
2. Vw abs
3. //a w //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives noun stems from T roots
6. Productive
7. Exs.
//m il//T 'to k i l l ' ------> //m il aw // 'murder :
//h *m il aw // 'murderer'
//n u ///T 'to hunt' ------> //n u / aw // 'hunting' :
/ / h Anu/ aw // 'hunter'
/ / / o b//T 'to gather' ----- > / / / o b aw// 'gathering' :
//h * /o ?b aw// 'gatherer'
R epro duce d w ith perm ission o f the cop yrig ht ow ner. F u rth e r rep rod uction pro hibited w ith o u t perm ission.
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#63
1. Eohel^ 'verbal noun'
2. Vh n + VI n
3. / / o h e l//
4. No alloform s
5. Derives nouns stems from T roots
6. F a irly productive
7. Exs.
//k a n //T to ask fo r ' -> //lean o h e l// p e titio n ' :
//h jc a n o h e l// beggar'
//n o p //T to consider' ----- > //n op o h e l// 'study' :
//h*ndp o h e l// 'student'
#64
1. bal^ 'th a t which i s _____ en'
2. b s f + VI n
3. //b a l//
4. No alloform s
7. Exs.
/ / 7u&//T to drink' ------> / / 7uc b a l / / 'beverage/drink'
/ / l o 7//T to eat f r u it ' ------> / / l 6 b a l / / 'p lan tain '
/ / t l / A 'to eat meat' -> / / t i 7 b a l / / 'meat'
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#65
1. Eben^ 'th e r e s u lt o f b e in g en'
2. b s f + Yn sb
3. //b e n //
4. No alloform s
7. Exs.
//tiV/T 'to bite/eat meat' > / / t i 9 ben// 'bite'

//&Jrti//T 'to harvest' ----- > //&ah b e n // 'stu b b le'
//m ah//T 'to str ik e ' ----- > //mah b e n // 'wound/mark'
#66
1. Eb&il-3 'r e fle x iv e /r e c ip r o c a l verbal noun'
2. Eba^ ' s e l f ' + n
3. //b a il//
4. No alloform s
6. Productive
7. Exs. .
//m il//T 'to k i l l ' > //m il b l i l / / 'su ic id e ' or
'massacre'
/ / u t//T to speak/scold' ------> / / 9ut b i l / / 'argument'
/ / to y //T 'to r a ise up' ----- > / / t o y b i l / / 'arrogance'
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#6?
1. tleh-3 verbal noun*
2. VI a j + Vh n
3. //le h //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives noun stemsfrom P roots
6. Productive
7. Exs.
//k u s //P ' a l i v e -------- > //k u s l e h / / l i f e
/ / t e n / / P pressed f l a t ' ------> / / t e n l e h / / f ie ld '
//lo ra //P hollow -> //lo m l e h / / 'v a lle y '
#68
1. temalQ 'verbal noun
2. em + VI n
3. //e M a l//
4. No alloform s
5. D erives noun stems from I roots
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / p u l / / I 'to sprout' -- > //p u l eM al// 'sh oot/spou t'
/ / k o l / / I to escape' > / / k o l eM al// 'agave sta lk '
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#69
1. Eib^ instrum ent/place*
2. (Vh n +) Vb n
3. / / i b / / c ^ //o h ib //
4. / / o h i b / / with T and P roots
/ / i b / / with I roots and with derived tv and iv stems
5. Derives noun stems from tv and iv stem s, rad ical and
derived
7. Exs.
a) with T and P roots
//c u k //P to t i e up -> //fcuk o h ib // j a i l
//ham //P 'to open' ----- > //ham o h ib // 'opener'
//n a V /T 't o k n o w ' > / /n a ? o h ib // 'memory/remem-

brance'
//m il//T 't o k i l l ' ------> //m il o h ib // 'slaughter-house'
b) with I roots
//w iiy //I 'to sle e p ' ----- > //w a y ib // 'bed'
/ / l a h / / I 'to fin is h ' - > / / l S h i b / / end
c) with derived tv stems
//lo ic e s / / to r em o v e' > //lb& es i b / / 'an

instrument for removing
th in gs'
d) with derived iv stem

//jfcis oraah// 'to sew > //jtfis mah i b / / 'needle'
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#70
1. tahib3 instrument/place*
2. t s f + Vh n + Vb n
3. //t a h ib //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives noun stems from N, T, and I roots
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / a batZ/N 'se r v ic e ' .----- > / / a t t a h ib // t o o l
c f . / / a t e h // 'to work
//ricLk//T 'to h id e > //n&k t a h ib // hiding p la ce
//w a y //I to sle e p ' ------- > //w ay ta h ib // 'sleep in g
room'
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#71
1. ab3 'instrument*
2. Vb ag
3. //H a b //^ //a b //o o //u b //a ? //o b //
4. //H a b // with &te3 'sta n d in g '/ or with P roots
/ / u b / / with &hd^ 'to scra tch
/ / ob// with kay3 to sin g'
/ / a b / / elsewhere
5. Derives noun stems from T ro o ts, P r o o ts, and derived
tv stems
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//te ic //P standing ----- > //te& Hub// 'ladder*
// a n //* 'walking' -> .// 4 n a b // 'sandal*
//h a l//T 'to weave > // h a l a b // 'loom'

-
//& ay//*T 'to sing* - > / / & ay ob i l / / drum
//h lt //T 'to scratch - > //h aS u b // 'comb'
/ / il//* 'be angry' > / / i l a b // 'd isg u st'

-
/ / c i HC^V^n// 'to str a in ' > / / S i hSin a b // str a in e r
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#72
1. Hil3 instrum ent1
2. VI n
3. //H il//
4. No alloform s
5. Derives noun stems from P roots
7. Exs.
//m ak//P 'clo sed o f f' ----- > //mak H il// 'lid /c o v e r '
//p o ^ //P 'wrapped up ----- > //p o/i H il / / sock /stock in g
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#73
1* t o l ^ verbal noun'
2. VI n
3. //o l// //a l//
4. / / a l / / with pis3 to measure
/ / o l / / with kel3 -to exchange
toh-} to pay
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / h e l//T !to exchange' -> / / h e l o i/ / 'exchange'
//t 6 h //T 'to pay' > // t o h o l / / 'p rice/value/w orth '
/ / p i s / / T 'to measure' > / / p i s a l/ / measure(ment) 1
#74
1. E ikil^ no g lo ss
2. ik p i + VI n
3. //ik il//
4. No alloform s
5. Derives noun stems from P ro o tsalways occurs with
the p o ssessiv e p r e fix o f the th ird person
6. Productive
7. Exs.
/ / s e p / / 'coin-shaped' > //* y sep i k i l / /
/ / w 6 l / / 'b all-sh ap ed ' ------> //* y w6l i k i l / /
//t e & // 'upright' > // * y t& i k i l / /
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#75
1. {Vp^ nom inalizer
2 .. -
3. //H a p // ^ / / p / /
4. / / p / / w ith iica 3 to r o t
//H a p // with to hold under the arm
5. Derives noun stems, once from a T root, once from an I
root
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//la ^ //T to hold under the arm. > // la ^ Hap//

armpit1
//I t a V /I to r o t > //ic a p a l / / garbage/trash/

junk/refuse
!
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#76
1. E la li 'nom inalizer1
2. VI n + VI n
3. //la l// //le i//
4. / / l e i / / with cu*lN ; / / l a l / / elsewhere
5. Derives noun stems, once from an N ro o t, and tw ice
from a T root
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//k e //T 'to be ashamed* > //&e l a l / / shame/
embarassment*
//^ o b//T 'to duscuss* ------> //k o b l a l / / 'news
//k o p //N 'speech/noise/language/sound' ------>
//l& p l a l / / 'opinion,
judgment*
//$ u //N 'h oly th in g' -> //$ u l e i / / 'so u l'
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#77
1. nom inalizer
2. VI n
3. / / a l / / ao / / e l / /
4. //a l// with Aini festival

7ahaw3 'king
/ / e l / / w ith fme7:) mother
be3 road
5. Derives noun stems from N roots
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//ahfcub// night - > //7ah&ub al// night .
//kahA)// fire > /AahA) al// day, sun

/ /ahw// nking" -> //4hw al// boss/owner/master
/A in // festival > /Ain al// property

//me7/ / mother > //me7 el// (l) old woman
(2) raccoon
//be// road ---- > //be el// travel
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#78
1. Eilal-3 n o m in alizer
2. VI n + V ln
3. / / i l a l / / oO / / i l e l / /
4. / / i l e l / / with fwinik^ man'
/ / i l a l / / with fclum^ earth*
mam3 grandfather/grandson*
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//mam//N grandfather/-son ------> //mam i l a l / / 'husband'
//lu m //N e a r th ' -> //lu m i l a l / 'te r r a in *

//w in k //N 'man* ------> //w ink i l e l / / 'male r e la t iv e /
husband*
#79
1. 'n o m in a liz e r'
2. ----
3. //e k //
4. No alloform s
6. Non-product iv e
7. Exs.
///& V /N 'excrement' -> ///& e&// 'rust*
/ / 5 a ( 7 )b //N 'honey/bee* ------> //C a ( )b e& // 'wax'
I
1 2 6 __
#80
1. im3 nom inalizer
2. Vm n
3. //im //
4. Wo alloform s
5. Derives noun stems, once from an N ro o t, and once from
a T root
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//n i S / / N flo w e r > / / n i 6 in i// flo w er'
//& il//T to fry ' ------> / / i l im // 'p in o le'
c f . am3 (81)
#81
1. tam^ 'nom inalizer (body-part)
2. Vja n
3. //am//.<^ //u m //
4. //a m // with ca93 'grindstone'
Sin3 'b o i l '
//u m // with ficu^-l 'q u etzal bird'
5. Derives noun stemsfrom N roots
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ /5 in //N ' b o i l ' > / / S i n am // ' brains/m arrow '
/ / c a 9//N 'grindstone' ----- > //S a 9 am//'molar'
//kni^//N 'q u etza l bird' > //icuk um// 'fea th er'
c f . im3 (80)
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#82
1. et3 nom inalizer1
2. -----
3. , / l e t / /
4. No alloform s
5. Derives noun stems from N roots and u c,s
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / ok/VN f o o t / l e g > //? o k e t / / t r iv e t/t r ip o d
//b iic//N ' p i t / k e r n e l / s e e d ' > //ba& e t / / fle s h '
//sam //*u c -> //sam e t / / gridd le'
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#83
1. ub3 nom inalizer (body-part)
2. Vb ag
3. //u b // ^ //a b //
4. / / a b / / with tla/f^T carry under the arm'
fma/Q*uc
/ / u b / / with tsuhk^N corner'
sehk3*uc
//b // with tS u l^ u c before Vl3 nom inalizer
5. Derives noun stems referrin g to body p arts, once from
an N ro o t, once from a T root, and (p ossib ly) three
tim es from u c ,s .
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//Suhk//N corner ------> //su h k u b // elbow
//se h k //* u c -> //se h k u b // l i v e r
/ / l a $ / / T carry under the arm > / / l a / a b // arm
p it
//m a ///* u c ------> //m a/ a b // eyebrow
/ / s u l / / * u c ------> / / s u l b a l// horn
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#84
1. Rt:Lk3 aggregation*
2. R + t ik pi
3. //R tik //
4. No alloform s
7. Exs.
//n a //N house' -> //n a natik / / settlem ent'
//lc a l//N ' c o r n f i e l d ' > //le a l lc a ltik // ' area for
planting corn'
//lu m //N earth' > //lu m lu m tik // 'te r r ito r y '
! .
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#85
1. eb^ general cardinal numeral'

O
3.. / / e V / ^ / / e b / / ^ / / e 9/ / < * 7 /9 //
//& // a fte r thun^ 'one'
4. / / e 9/ / before certain nouns of measurement, e . g .,
fminuto^ ! minute'
t 96ra^ 'h6ur'
tkahfc^ al3 'day'
%>6so3 peso'
tb ^ lta i 'r e p e titio n '
/ / e 9b / / a fte r ca93 'two' u n less preceded by tlahun^
'te n ' or tbalun^ 'n in e'

I
/ / e b / / elsewhere
5. Derives general cardinal numerals from numeral expres
sion s 'one' through 'n in eteen '
6. The idea o f p rod u ctivity i s not relevant here.
7. Exs.
//h u n // ' o n e ' > / / b u n 's / / 'one'

/ / c / / 'tw o ' > / / c e 9b / / 'two'
/ / o S // 'th ree' > / / 962 e')/V 'th ree'

//b u lu &// 'e le v e n / ------> //b u lu 5 e b // 'eleven '
/ / l a h c / / 'tw elve' -> / / l a h c e b // 'tw elve'
//b a lu n -la h u n // 'n in eteen ' ------> //balun-lahun e b //
'n in eteen ' o
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#86
1. they 3 'tim e in the past*
2. -----
3. / / e / / ^ 0 //h e y //
4. / / e / / with t ahkub^ 'n igh t'
tnamûc
fhun^ Hab3 'one year'
/ / h e y / / w ith Sa93 'tw o '
tw&ûc
5. Derives noun stems (u su ally functioning as adverbs
of time) from N ro o ts, N + N compounds, and u c ,s .
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / 9ahkub//N 'n igh t' ------> / / ahkub e / / 'la s t night'
/ / n W / u c ------> //nam e / / 'form erly/long ago'
//hun~Hab//N+N 'one year' ------> //hun~Hab e / / 'a year

Z *
a g o /la st year'
//c a V /N ' t w o ' > / / c a 9 h e y // 'd ay b efo re y e ste rd a y
//w o //u c ------> //w o h e y // 'y e s te rd a y '
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#87
1. time in the fu tu re
2. ------
3. //e h //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives noun stems (u su ally functioning as adverbs
o f time) from N (numeral) roots
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
/ / c a b//N two ------> / / c a 9b e h // day a fte r tomorrow'
/ / ?os//N three' > / / 9os e h // in three days'
#88
1. il3 the c la ss o f which one i s a member'
2. VI n
3. //-il//
4. No alloform s
5. Derives noun stems from N r o o ts, and p o ssib ly from
derived n stems
6. Productive
7. Exs.
//p re'sid n te//N p resid en t > //p r e sid e n te - i l / /
presidency'
//h w es//N judge > //hw es - i l / / judgeshijb'
//w in ik //N 'man' ------> //w in ik - i l / / 'm anliness'
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1. fV l1^ place o f abundance of o b je c ts
2. VI n

. / / i l / / oo / / e l / / / / a l / / o* / / u l / /
4. The v aria tio n i s m orphologically conditioned, but v aries
from speaker to speaker, and no pattern emerges.
5. Derives noun stems.from nouns, rad ical and derived
6. Productive
7. Exs.
a) with N i
/ / t a h / / 'p in e ------> //t a h a l / / stand of p in e
/ / i c / / c h ile - > / / i c e l / / , / / H h i l / / c h ile

grove
/ / iS im // 'corn' > / / iSim e l / / , / / isim a l / /
'corn f ie ld '
b) with n
/ / 1 6 b a l / / 'p lan tain ' ----- > / / l o bal e l / / plan tain
groy ef
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#90
1. E tik ili 'aggregation*
2.. t ik p i + VI n
3. //tik il/ / .
4. No alloform s
7. Exs.
/ /w i///N 'm o u n t a in /h ill' > / / w i / t i k i l / / 'mountain
range'
/ / t e //N t r e e ' > / / t e t i k i l / / 'w oods/forest'
//to n //N 'sto n e' ------> //t o n t i k i l / / 'rocky place'
#91
1.- E tik ^ 'h o n o rific'
2. t ik pi
3. //tik //
4. No alloform s
6. Non-productive
7 . Exs.
/ / un// 'c h ild ' > / / ? un t i k / / 'ch ildren'
//m e / / 'mother' > //m e t i k / / 'lad y'
/ / t a t / / 'fa th er' ------> / / t a t t i k / / 'gentleman'
I<3
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#92
1. V123 f quality*
2. VI n
3. / A ^ / / * 50/ / a l / / W / i l 11
4. / / V ^ l/ / occurs with those A which take //V ^ l// when
a ttr ib u tiv e
/ / a l / / occurs with those A which take / / a l / / when
a ttr ib u tiv e , and with kisin3 warm*
/ / i l / / occurs elsewhere
5. Derives noun stems from A roots
6. Productive
7. Exs.
a) with / / V j l / /
/ / / e / / raw1 > / / / e e l / / 'rawness'
b) with / / a l / /
/ / / a h / / 'red' > / / / a h a l / / /red n ess'
/ / lh lc // 'b la c k '- > / / ihk a l / / blackness'
/ / k i s n / / 'warm' ----- > / / k i s n a l / / 'warmth'
c) with / / i l / /
/ / u / / / 1good' ------> / / u / i l / / 'goodness'
/ / p i h / / 'in t e llig e n t ' > //p ih i l / / 'in te llig e n c e '
/ / t u l a n / / 's t r o n g ' > //tu la n i l / / 'strength!
/ / a l / / heavy ------> / / a l i l / / 'w eight1
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#93
1. eM3 p erfect in tr a n s itiv e p a r t ic ip le
2. ero
3. //e M //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives a p erfect in tr a n s itiv e p a r tic ip le from a l l
iv stems except p assives in ot3
6. Universal
7. No examples given due to i t s u n iversal occurrence;
see 45.1
#94
1. tb il^ p erfect p assive p a r t ic ip le
2. b s f + VI aj
3. //b il//
4. No alloform s
5. Derives the p erfect p assive p a r tic le of a l l tr a n s itiv e
verb stems
6. U niversal
7. No examples given due to i t s universal occurrence;
see 45.1
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#95
1. Vjl3 'a d je c tiv iz e r
2. VI aj
3. / /V1l / / o / / l / /
4. / / l / / before tan3 im perative,-uk3 subjunctive; / / V ^ / /
elsewhere
5. Derives a d jectiv e stems from many P ro o ts, and a few
T and I roots
6. Productive
7. Exs.
a) from I roots
//w a y // to s le e p ------> //w ay a l / / asleep '
b) from T roots
//&&// 'to be asham ed' > //ic e e l / / ashamed
c) from P roots
//h a m // open' - > //ham a l / / open
//h a w // 'fa ce up > //haw a l / / 'fa c e up'
//n u h // 'fa c e down' > //nuh u l / / face down
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#96
1. fV^htik^ 'a d je c tiv iz e r -p lu r a l'
2 ..............
3. //V 1h t ik / /
4. No alloform s
5. Derives a d jectiv e stems with plural meaning (p ossib ly
only s ta tiv e ) from many P ro o ts, and a few T and I
ro o ts.
6. Productive
7. Exs.
//w a y //I to slee p ' ----- > //w&y a h t ik // 'a sle e p -p l'
//k e s //T to be ashamed - > //k e s e h t ik // ashamed-pi
/ / h W / P open -> //ham a h t ik // open-pl
//h aw //P 'fa c e up ----- > //haw a h t ik // 'fa c e u p -p l
//n u h //P 'fa c e down' ----- > //nuh u h tik // 'fa c e down-pl
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#97
1. fVjlahben^ c o llectiv e*
2. VI aj + lahpl * b s f + Vn sb
3. //V -jlahben//
4. No alloform s
5. Derives a d jectiv e stems o f c o lle c tiv e meaning
(p ossib ly only s ta tiv e ) from many P roots and a few
T and I ro o ts.
6. Productive
7 . Exs. (For g lo sse s see #96)
way alahben
kes elahben
ham alahben
haw alahben
nuh ulahben
#98
1. f'Vjmtik^
2. Vm s f + t ik pi
3. //V.,mtik/ /
4. No alloform s
5. Derives a d jectiv es from P roots and u c ,s
7. Exs.
Sel eratik
tim imtik
mji umtik
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#99
1. tHVjltikQ no g lo ss
2. VI aj + t ik pi
3. //H V jlt ik //
4i No alloform s
5. Derives a d jectiv e stems from P roots
7. Exs.
//te c // / / t a c H e ltik //
//fa // //fce t H e ltik //
#100
1. fRtik-] d if f u s iv e
2. R + t ik pi
3. //R tik //
4. No allophones
5. Derives a d jec tiv e stems from A and N
6. Productive
7. Exs.
//y a // 'green* ------> //y 4 S y a S t ik // greenish*'
/ / i c l n / / y e llo w > //ican k a n tilc // y e llo w is h
/ / c a l / / smoke ------> / / ca l c a l t i k / / brownish/

smoky
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#101
1 . ^ 3 ^ adjectivize!*'
2. VI aj
3. //ll//W /e l//
4. / / e l / / with fnoh^ 'to be f i l l e d '
/ / x l / / elsewhere
5. Derives a d jectiv e stems from I , N, and A roots
6 . Non-productive
7 . Exs.
a) I roots
//n o h // 'to be f i l l e d ' - * > //n o h e l / / ' f u l l '
b) N roots ^
/ / p a t / / 'back' > //p a t i l / / 'la t e ( r ) '
c) A roots
//b a jf// 'im p o r ta n t' > //ba/f i l / / 'r e a l' (a ttrib u tiv e )
/ / a l / / 'new' ------> / / - y a^ i l / / /new1
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#102
1. R3 ' in ten siv e *
2. R
3. INI
4. No alloform s
5. Derives a d jec tiv e stems, from ad jectiv e roots
6. Productive
7. Exs.
//& u n // 'slow , s o f t ' > //lcun kun// 'very slow ly'
/ / l e k / / 'g o o d ' > / / l e k lek/ / 'very good'
#103
1. RH^J 'a d je c tiv iz e r '
2. R. + h nc
3. IN / l
4. No alloform s
5. Derives a d jectiv e stems from numeral c la s s if ie r s
6. Productive
7. Exs.
//pam H/ / ' f l a t th in g s' ------> //pam H pam H// ' f l a t '
/ / s e t H // 'round th in gs' ----- > / / s e t H se t H // 'round'
//te le H// 'upright t h i n g s ' > / / t e k H tek H// 'up

righ t '
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#104
1. E tik ^ p lu r a l/c o lle c tiv e *
2. jvik pi
3. //tik //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives p lu r a l/c o lle c tiv e s from in te r r o g a tiv e /r e la tiv e
p a r tic le s
6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//mafca// who1 > //maa t i k / / 'th ose who/people1
/ / t u t i / / 'what' - - - - > / / t u t i t i k / / 'th ose w h ich/th ings
//b a 7/ / 'where' ------> //b a 7 t i k / / 'wherever'
#105
1. Eyuk3 'in d e fin ite '
2. -----
3. //y u k //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives in d e fin ite pronouns and adverbs from
in te r r o g a tiv e /r e la tiv e pronouns and adverbs

6. Non-productive
7. Exs.
//m a a // 'who' > //mafca yu k // 'anyone at a l l '
/ / t u t i / / 'what' > / / t u t i yuk// 'anything at a l l '

//b a 7/ / 'where' ------> //b a 7 yu k // ' anywhere at a l l '
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#106
1. Etikg^ 'temporal p a r tic le '
2. t ik pi .
3. //tik //
4. No alloform s
5. Derives adverbials of time from noun stems, rad ical
and derived
6. Productive
7. Exs.
/ / ?ahkub a l / / 'n ig h t' -> / / ah&ub a l t i k / / 'a t night'
//s d b a r o // 'S a tu r d a y ' > //s b a ro t i k / / 'on
Saturday(s)'
145
#107
1 numeral c la s s if ie r '
2. h nc
3. I NI
4. No alloform s
5. Derives numeral c l a s s i f i e r s from T and P r o o ts, and
a few I roots
6. Productive
7. Exs.
a) from I
//w a y // to s le e p > / M y ' H / / s le e p s , n ig h ts
b) from T
/ / l i k / / to r a ise up > / / l i k H// c o i l s
c) from P
/ / i o l / / 'sp h erica l' > //ic o l H // 'spheres'
i
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52 D erivation by Compounding
A compound i s defined as a stem formed by the jux
ta p o sitio n of two stems (eith er ra d ica l or d erived ), when
a) at; l e as t one o f the members does not normally perform
the fu nction i t performs in the compound unless said mem
ber occurs with in fle c t io n a l a f f ix e s , or
b) one o f the members only occurs in compounds and never as.
a f r e e ly - in f le c t ib le stem.
Compounding i s found in the formation of noun and
tr a n s itiv e verb stem s.
52.1 !Prahsitive Verbs
Compound tv stems are extremely ra re. Only
two stems are found in my Aguacatenango data.
a) //wbl~$bkan// 'to r o l l up in a b a ll'
/ / w b l // 'sp h e ric a l' + //btik// P 'tie d up' + an3

'make round' (d erivation al s u f f ix )
b) //in&h^tftniy/ 'to sm ite'
//mah//T 'to h i t ' + / / * W to h it ' .
52.2 Noun Stems
There are eig h t types of compounding yielding
noun stem s.
a)' aj + n when the aj normally takes fVl} in order to be
a ttr ib u tiv e . / / - / / occurs between the members.
// silHc&hic/ ; ' l a a l a r i a * ' l . 'cold '
//ic&hfe/ir ' f l t e ''

// pih&*4inal/^ ' darkness * // 9ih&// A *black'
// icin a l/' N 'te r r a in '
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// sak~969b a l/ 'tu b e r c u lo sis //s a fe / A 'w hite'

//' 9&?bal//N 'cough'
b) aj + n when the aj i s not a f r e e ly - in f le c t ib le stem.
The most frecu en tly occurring aj stems as f i r s t member

>
a r e //8 u l// 'h o ly ', //p o k o // 'worn o u t', / / ?a$/ 'new'
//p o k o 1 W / 'former settlement',;,. /71iW / 'town/earth'

;
/ / ?aS n a / / 'new hourse*, //n & // 'house'
/ / 2ul n&// 'church', //nk// 'house'

c) tv (monosyllabic) + n where t v without in fle c tio n s'd o g s
not otherwise occur.

//6bn 9i im // 's e llin g com ' / / 5 d i / / T ' s e l l '
/ / 9i3 in // N 'corn*
//n d p hkn// 'studying' / / nbp// T 'consider'
/ / him// K 'paper/book'
/ / k ' o k hkk// 's e t t in g bones' / / v k k / / ' i 'rep air'

/ / b&V/ H bone
d) t v (p o ly sy lla b ic) + eh + n where t v without in fle c t io n s
or id th the s u f f ix eh does not otherwise occur. Pat
tern s 3 and 4 are in complementary d istr ib u tio n , w ith the
meaning 'gerund + object'',
/ / &&tin ehb&k// 'h e ll' (burning bones)

// ic a tii// t v '.burn'
/ / hkk// N 'bone'
/ /id le s eh m ilt// 'scaring o f f bird s'
/ / w i l e s / / tv 'cause to
fly '
/ / mCit/ / U 'bird*
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. V/tft-hic-aY eh p6S// hunting ducks
/ / t Cihi aY// shoot' tv
/ / p& S // IT d u c k
e) t v (monosyllabic) + / / o / / + n where tv without in fle x io n s
or with the s u ffix / / o / / does not otherwise occur.
Meaning instrum ent',
/ / l i k o Ha9/ / bucket/water p itch er'

*
// l i l / T 'to l i f t up
/ / HaV I 'water'
f) t v /iv + /b a // (re fle x iv e pronoun)
/ / 9i l i n b&// . 'mutual anger'

/ / 9i l i n / iv 'be atigry'
//t&y~b&// 'arrogance'
//t6 // T 'to r a s e up*
g) numeral root + n Numerals are a subclass o f N roots
which always occur only in compounds. Some numeral +
non-numeral noun compounds occur,
//b&~9a l a V / f i r s t c h ild
N //b V / 'fir s t'

n // 9a l a l / / 'c h ild '
/ / Sa ^meV/ 'step-m other'

N //S a9/ / 'two'
N / m&9// 'mother'
h) noun + noun A ttributive compounds where one of the mem
bers does not otherwise occur, i . e , i s a cranberry mor
pheme, or does not occur as a free stem,

//ti!i3 (~ )9a k // onion' ; / t u S / 'onion + / 9ak / 'grass'
/ / 9i s {~)>bk// 'potato' ; / / is//-::- 'potato' +
// 9hk// 'vin e'
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/ / a 9~tS9/ / bridge* ; / i a 9/ / * bridge* +

/ / t&?/y wood'
// # in ~ t 9/ / yucca* ;//^ in // yucca1 +

/ / t&9/ / 'tree*
/ / h i t&9// oak sp.* ; //h V / 'oak s p . +

//-kh'W tree*
/ / Sti tfc9/ / b u ria l s la b 1 J //&V/ N 'holy thing*

+ / / t 9// 'wood'
/ / hala m&9t i k / / god mother* ; / / h a la // 'p r o te c to r !? )'

+ z/md9t i k / / 'lady*
149A
In the follow in g sec tio n (60) g lo tta liz e d consonants are
symbolized C! .
60 THE STRUCTURE 0E FOMERAXS *
61
Humeral expressions in T zeltai are made up of the
follow ing four types of elements.
a) quantifying expressions representing the values 1 - 1 9 ,
absolutive when followed by noun c la s s ifie r s (d), but
m ultiplicative when followed by quantifying c la s s ifie r s (b),
b) quantifying c la s s if ie r s representing the values 20, 400,

and l/2 j always preceded by one of the quantifying expres
sions (a), the value of (a) + (b) being a X b.
c) the par t ic le / / ta/ /
d) noun c la s s if ie r s which sp ecify some ch aracteristic of
the thing enumerated. They are of two types:
j
1) non-specific or general; one member, the su ffix
eb4 (85) - ' |

2) sp e c ific or ch aracteristic; an open set of which
about f i f t y are of very frequent occurrence.
61.1-
Quantifying expressions are made up of a small
closed cla ss of th irteen numeral roots which never
occur as free forms. The numerals 1-12* are roots
and the expressions 13 --1 9 1 are compounded from
the roots 3 - 94 resp ectively plus the root 104.
The numeral expressions '1 - 19% 'how many' are
l is t e d here, t
hun4 /h // 00 // h 1one *
t2a 4 / / 5 / / ~ / / 2aV / / / Sab// 'tw o'
* See p. 149A
151
/ / 6 S // 'three'
//& & // 'four'
/ / H o 9/ / 'fiv e '
/ / w a k // 'six '
//h id e// 'seven'
//w&sidc// 'eight'
//b&Lun// 'nine *
//la h u n // 'ten' r
//bOiluS// 'eleven'
(analyzable as {-'oalun4 + tc&94)
//*6s~lakwi// 'th irteen '
34 + tlOi
/ / 6an~l&hun// 'fourteen'
-E-44 + 104
/ / Et ?"lMiun//
6
fifte e n '
54 + fcL04
/ / w&c-'l&hun// 'sixteen '
64 + 104
//huk-l&hwi// 'seventeen'
m + 104
/ / WaSuk"! ahun// 'eighteen'
84 + 104
/ / balunl&hun// 'nineteen'
94 + *104
//h a y // 'how many*

(relative and
in terrogative)
//la h S // 'twelve*
(analyzable as lahun4 + tc&94
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These quantifying expressions are always either com

pounded with quantifying c la s s ifie r s (b) or sp e c ific noun cla s
s if ie r s (d ,2) or suffixed with the general noun c la s s ifie r

/eb-}/ ( d ,l) . The resultant form is a noun stem, by which
i t is meant that i t has the in fle c tio n a l characteristics'* as

well as the syntactic properties, of a noun.
fhun^ one1 has allomorphs distributed in the fo l
lowing way:
/ / h / / before sp e c ific noun c la s s ifie r s , and
the three quantifying c la s s ifie r s .
//h u *// before fhun-il as a reduplication of i t
s e lf .
//h u n // elsewhere, i . e . before the //\//
allomorph of eb4.
two has allomorphs distributed as follows:
/ / 5 / / before eb3
//c a 9b // before ehy} (87)
! //S a 9/ / elsewhere.
61.2
The quantifying c la s s ifie r s are as follows:
//t a B //, //w in ik // twenty1
//b a h i / / four hundred
/A o lil//- h a lf
These morphemes are called c la s s if ie r s
because 1 ike sp e c ific noun c la s s if ie r s , they occur
as the second members of compounds only when pre
ceded b.y quantifying expressions^ the resultant
stems being nouns. Unlike sp e c ific noun c la s s ifie r s
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however* they may not occur as free forms.

The quantifying c la s s ifie r 'twenty includes
two suppletive morphemes; //t a B // occurring
after 'one1 / / h / / , and //w in ik // occurring after '
a l l other quantifying expressions, //w in ik //
occurs elsewhere in the language as a noun stem
meaning 'man, male, person', The semantic con
nection is probably through the fact that people
have twenty d ig its .
62
Before dealing with the usage of / / t a / / and the

formation of sp ec ific noun classifiers'^ i t w ill be convenient
to describe here the formation of numeral phrases and the se
quence of enumeration, or counting.. There are two types of.

numeral phrases'* general and sp e c ific . The sequence of enum
eration may be broken up into the values 1 through 19, and
20 through 7,999-
62.1
General numeral phrases 1 -19 are formed by

suffixing feb-3 to quantifying expressions 1 -19-
Specific numeral phrases 1 -19 are formed by
compounding quantifying expressions 1 - 1 9 with
sp ec ific noun c la s s ifie r s .
Both general and sp e c ific numeral phrases 1 -19
are nouns and may be in flected as such. When in
flectio n s are added to these stems* the in flection al
su ffix fel^ is suffixed before any personal a ffix es
are added. The third person singular possessed form
154
of the numeral has the meaning 'ord in al1. Other

forms mean 'the two of u s', 'the three of you', etc.
Examples:
General Specific
( / / t u l / / 'p erson (s)'

/hun/ 1 /h tu l/
/Se9b / 2 /5a9t u l /
/ 982e9b/ 3 / 9o tu l/
/Sane b / if /S an tu l/
/ho9e9b / 5 /ho9t u l /
/wake b / 6 /waktul/
/huke9b / 7 /huktul/
/wa3uke9b / 8 /wauktul/
/balune9b / 9 /b a lu n tu l/,etc.
/lahune9b / 10
/buluSe9b / 11
/lsh S e9b / 12
./?o3lahune9b / 13
/<5anlahune9b / lV
/ho9lahune9b / 15
/waklahune9b / 16
/huklahune9b / 1?
/Va2uklahune9b / 18
âlunlahune9b/ 19
/haye9b / how many /h a y tu l/
Examples of possessed forms are:
/hSe9b a ltik /, or /h2a9t u la lt ik /
i
'the two of us' ( l i t , 'our two')
!
i
1
155
/ awoSebalik/,- or / awoStulaltik/
'the three of you' ( l i t . 'your three')
/22anebal/ or/SSantulal/
'the fourth1 ( l i t . ' i t s four')
62.2
The points from 20 to 7,999 are marked at in

tervals of twenty integers with compounds whose
f ir s t member is a quantifying expression and whose
second member is a quantifying c la s s ifie r .
General numeral phrases are represented by the
simple compounding described above.
Specific numeral phrases are represented by this
compound plus the p article / t a / plus the uninflected

sp ec ific noun c la s s if ie r .
Examples are given for the 20-interval points
between 20 and *f00;

General Specific
/h tab / 20flx203 Arfcab ta t u l /
f
/Sa w inik/ 'tOf 2x20-3 /2a9winik ta t u l /
/ oSwinik/ 60f3x203 / oSwinik ta t u l /
/Sanwinik/ 80^x203 /Sanwinik ta t u l /
/ho w inik/ 100f5x203 /ho winik ta tiiL/>etc.

/wakwinik/ 120f6x203
/hukwinik/ 1^0^7x20-3
/wagukwinik/
16o8x203
r
/balunwinik/
I80f9x203
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/lahunwinik/.
200l0x203
/buluSwinik/
220f 11x20-}
/lahSwinik/
2*K)l2x20-}
/ 9o3lahunwinik/
260fl3x204
/Sanlahunwinik/
28olVx203
/ho9lahunwinik/
300fl5x29^
/waklahunwinik/
320fl6x20-}
/huklahunwinik/
3*K)l7x203
/wa huklahunwinik/
360f18x20}
/balunlahunwinik/
38ofl9x20-i
/hbah&/ tfOOflxtoO^
Quantities over *+00 and le s s than 800 (2a9bahk1)
are expressed *+00 + 100 (s 500)1;

/hbahk sok ho9winik/.- (/so k / means 'with,
and1)
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62*? Between the points 20, 40, 60, e t c ., the integers

21, 22, 23 . . . , 41, 42, 43 . . . , are represented by ex
pressions which might be thought of as 'an ticip ative'
of the end point of the counting. Thus, 21' i s 'one
on the way to fo r ty ,' ' ?' 'two on the way to s ix t y ,'
etc.
The statement of th is is as follow s:
General numeral phrases are represented by the
general numeral 1 - 1 9 plus the third person singular
possessed form of the numeral which is a multiple of
twenty which is at the end of the counting sequence.
Specific numeral phrases are the same as general
phrases, plus addition of / t a / + sp e c ific noun c la s s if ie r .
Examples are here given fo r the interval between
20 and 40.
General Specific
/ht&b/ 20 /ht&b ta t i l l /
/htin ScS&w in ik / 2 1 ( 1 towarcfe 4 0 ) /htin 3S&9winik t a t u l /
/ c 9b SS&w in ik /
6 2 2 ( towanfe
2 4 0 ) /S b S&9winik t a t t i l /
6
/ 963e9b S2&9winik/- 23 / 963e9b 32&9winik ta t f i l /
/8&ne9b 32&9w inik/ 24 /3Sne9b 2t9winik ta t d l /

/h 6 9e 9b 3$&9w inik/ 25 /h 69e9b 32&9winik ta t u l /
/w&ke9b 3Sd9w inik/ 26 e tc .
/hike9b 33&9winik/ 27
/w&uke9b 32&9w inik/ 28
/b&lune9b 32a9w inik/ 29
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/l&huneb s 2 winik/ 29
/lahune9b 3c&winik/. 30
etc.- 31
32
33
34
through to
/c&w inik/. 40 /8&9winik ta t i l l /
All other areas between intervals of 20 have analogous

structure.
62.4 All numerals expressed by th is system of numbering

a r e expressed in terms of the above description.
63 The d istribu tion of the p a rticle / t a / as seen in the above

examples is as follow s, / t a / is o b ligatorily present in
sp e c ific numeral phrases with values 20 and over. It occurs
between the quantifier and the sp e c ific noun c la s s if ie r .
In addition, i t occurs optionally before.a quantified
noun a fter a general numeral phrase, e.g .,/S & 9winik p6so
=* /2&9winik t a pSso/ 40 pesos , (cf English 'twoscore
poundsv s. twG scores of pounds ).
Hot enough examples of the ' optional. occurrence of / t a /
have been observed to enable a fr u itfu l generalization to be
drawn. I t i s p o ssib le, or even lik e ly , that the cla ss of
nouns which can follow ./c& winik t a / as well as /2&9winik/
does not contain a l l T zeltal nouns.
64 Specific noun c la s s ifie r s are of two types*
a. c la s s if ie r stems formed from verb roots (CVC) by in
fix a tio n of -h- between vowel and second consonant
(su ffixin g //H //)
b. noun stems used as c la s s if ie r s with no change in

phonemic shape.
Since in fixed / h / can only occur before p lain and
g lo tta liz e d stops and a ffr ic a te s, when the fin a l consonant
of a verb root i i /sS h m n lw y 9/ , the c la s s if ie r stem i s not
phonemically distinguished from the tv root whence i t i s
derived. But in the 3achaj6n d ia le c t, where th is same lim i
ta tio n on the d istribu tion of in fixed / h / does not hold, the
d istin ctio n between the tv roots and the c la s s if ie r stems is
phonemically overt in more cases. In none of the d ialects
can infixed / h / occur before / s h 9/ ,
64.1 There follows a l i s t of c la s s ifie r s e lic ite d from
informants or extracted from text whose approximate
meanings have been sp ec ifie d by informants.
The l i s t i s divided into three section s, .
A, C la s sifie r s known to be derived from verb r o o ts ,
B, C la ssifiers whose morphology is probably

I
V root + //H // [Hg], but for which the corre
sponding tv roots are not otherwise attested

; in my data. This uncertainty leaves open the
p o s s ib ility that some noun stems are lis te d
j here,
j
I C, C la s sifie r s known to be recru ited from noun
ii '
I stems', j
5
4
II
j
160
These (in t h is l i s t ) are probably the most f r e
quently occurring c l a s s i f i e r s , but by no means a l l of
them:. It pears th a t any verb root (e sp e c ia lly P
ro o ts) whose meaning in volves sp e cify in g the p o sitio n
or shape or s ta te of an o b ject, or a change th erein , can
be made in to a numeral c l a s s i f i e r . Hence, th is i s a

!
very productive c la s s . In con trast, there are very few
noun stems which function as numeral c l a s s i f i e r s .
A. Humeral c l a s s i f i e r s derived from verb roots
1) bal r o lled up th in gs
-bal tv 'r o ll up'
2) bus 'p ile s'
-bus P cf busul aj 'p iled up'
3)"5ahp pairs'.
' -Sap tv 'agree about'
4) co1 'lin e s , furrows'
-c o l tv 'lin e up'
5) S'am 'p ile s '
- 5 'am tv 'gather'
6) / o 9b p ile s , groups'
- / o 9b tv 'gather together'
7) / al 'packages, loads'
-/'a l tv 'p ile up'
8) haw 'armsful'
-haw P. c f -hawuy tv 'mbasure by armsful1'
9) him 'sh ots, blows'
-him tv 'shoot'
10) huht 'holes'
c f iv hut 'be perforated
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11) kah flo o rs, le v e ls '
-kah P cf kahal aj on top'

12) koht j 'animals'
-kot P c f k otol aj 'on a l l fou rs'
13) k'as 'p ieces, fragments'

-k'as tv 'break'
14) la h / 'p ile s'
-la^ tv 'p ile up'
15) lam pieces of clothing'
-lam P cf lamal aj 'steady'
16) lehS 'f la t thin things'
-leS tv 'take hold of (something th in and
fla t)'
17) lih k 'ropes, cords'
-lik tv . 'carry'
18) mahk 'chunks (cork-shaped)'
-mak tv 'stop up'

19) mel 'occurrences'
-mel tv 'explain'
20) pal 'bunches'

-pal P cf -palan tv 'loosen'
21) peh& 'f la t round things'
-pe5 P
22) peht 'handsful of wood'
-pet tv 'embrace (below the arms)'
23) pohi 'changes of clothing'
-p oi tv 'place clothes on'
24) f>is 'measures'

j(>is tv 'measure'
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25) sehp i 'round things'

*'-sep I c f sep el aj 'round (lik e a
p la te )'
2 6 )v5aht* parts, jobs'
-S a t 1 tv sp lit*
2 7 ) Seht* pieces of paper, t o r t i l la s , bark*
-S e t tv s p lit1
28) Soht r o lls of vine, wire'
,-2ot P
2 9 ) tehk . whole p la n ts'
-te k P c f -tek ' tv 'step on'

3 0 ) ten c la s se s, manners'
-te n tv mash'
31) t ih hours of foie day'
-tih tv ring a b e ll, play an instrument'
32) tih k ' groups, d ivisions'

-t ik ' tv put in'
33) tu l people'
c f -tu l tv cut o f f
3 4 ) wel farmings with a le a f or branch'
-wel tv fan, blow'

35) wol spherical things'
c f -wol tv lead, manage;' w o l o l a j 'spherical'
B, D erivation uncertain /
1 ) ZeS branches, leaves'
2 ) h il ropes'
3) kuh tree-trunks, bunches'
4 ) p is fr u its '
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5) p 'a l 'words'
61) p 'ih 'small round things'
C, Derived from nouns
1 ) S 'iS 'corn cobs, t r e e s , rolls,"

cylin d rical things'
S'iS n 'spine, thorn'
2) k 'avb 'fingerbreadth'
k 'a 9b n 'hand, arm'

3) k'a&el 'occurrence'
k'aSel n < i v k'aS 'pass by, occur
4) n a il thouses of ' (be, aht) 1

na n 'house*
5) y a le l (in phrase ta hyalel)

' a l l at once'
y a le l n < iv yal ' f a l l from'
6,5 Both general numerals and sp e c ific numerals may be redu

p lica ted . In the case of the la tte r , only the quantifying
element is repeated. In the case of the former, the whole
numeral i s repeated, but the form of the su ffix [eb] in
the f i r s t h alf of the reduplication is / / / / . Reduplication
has not been observed in numeral phrases whose value is
larger than twenty, but they might be expected to occur.
The meaning of red u p lication i s d is tr ib u tiv e ,
e .g . /hfrhun/ 'every one, one by one'
/hfrhutul/ 'every person'

/S&9Sakoht/ 'animals, two by two'
/S6Selc'ahal/ 'e,very two days-'
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66 Another type of juxtaposing of numerals i s used to in d i

cate vagueness within lim its . The mechanism i s analogous to
that of reduplication as described above. In general numerals,
a complete su ffixed form is followed by another complete
su ffixed form. In sp e c ific numerals, the quantifying elements
are juxtaposed before the c la s s if ie r i s attached, speaking in

terms of immediate constituency. The sp e c ific mechanism is
that a quantifying expression is followed by the next largest
one, as in the following examples.
/S & " o5tu l/ (two-three-person) 'a few people
/c 6 9o3e 9u / (two-three month) a few months'
/Sdnhokoht/ (four-five animal) 'several animals'
67 Certain sp ec ific c la s s ifie r s have statable lim its to the

quantifying expressions with which they can occur. /I t e 9b/ / ,
meaning 'a l i t t l e , only occurs with 'on e', / / - a h k '//,

meaning ' a short time', only occurs with 'one' and 'two'.
68 A numeral phrase may be followed by a noun or noun

phrase which i t q u an tifies, or i t may stand alone as a noun
phrase.
68.1 Host nouns when quantified may be preceded by a
numeral phrase of eith er the general or the sp e c ific
type. Certain nouns, however, may not be .quantified in
a general way. Such nouns as / t 6 9/ 'wood', / s i 9/
'firew ood', / h i 9/ 'sand', /h&9/ 'water' are examples.
In T zelta l, one cannot say '3 woods', '10 firewoods',
'400 sands', or '7 waters' any more than in English.
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In T zeltal there are c la s s ifie r s for ' f la t thing' /lkhS/f

'broken things' /k'& s/, 'small round thing /p ' i h / , and
'drops' / t ' t i l / , which, among others, are used here with
these nouns. We may c a ll nouns of th is type mass nouns,
/ 96slehc t 6 9/ (three f l a t thing wood)

'three planks'
/l&hunk'as s i 9/ (ten broken thing firewood)
'ten chunks of firewood'
f ,
/hbShk* ta p 'lh h i9/ (one tiroes four hundred small

round thing sand)
'four hundred grains of sand'
/htxlct' ul M 9/ (seven drop water)
'seven drops of water'
! -M
Some mass nouns when c la s s ifie d by d ifferen t c la s s ifie r s
refer to different thin gs.
Examplest
/ 962leh5 t6 9/ (three f la t thing wood)
'three planks'
/ 96tehk t 6 9/ (three plant.-wood)
'three tre es'
68.2 ITouns which are hot mass nouns usually may be

quantified either with a general or a sp e c ific numeral
phrase. . .
e *g*> / 96se9b winik/ = / 963tul winik/ 'three men'
/ 96Swol nk/ = / 962e9b nk/ 'three houses'
Some nouns are rarely or never quantified with a
sp e c ific numeral phrase. These are primarily nouns re
ferring to body p arts, lo t a l l body parts are treated
th is way. The d istin ctio n in meaning, i f relevant, may
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be eith er in ter n a l v s. ex tern a l, or shaped v s. parts for
which shape i s not s p e c ifie d . Acareful examination of
pertinent examples has yet to be made.
Examples of c la s s if ie d body p arts.
/k d b / hand, arm' /c is / c y lin d r ic a l'

tr
/bdk/ . bone "
/ u lu ?b / 'horn' n tt
/?69ta n / h e a r t /p is / 'fru it-sh a p ed

I! !T
/c u 9/ b r e a st(f)'
/s it/ eye /fa h / sm all, round
/mtisu&/ n a v e l 11 tt
/h 6 l/ head' /w o l/ sp h er ica l
/c ik in / ear /le h S / 'fla t'
69 (See Syntax [90])
The numeral phrase may fu n ctio n as a nominal,
th a t i s , as su b ject o f t r a n s it iv e or in t r a n s it iv e verb,
o b jec t o f t r a n s it iv e verb, or s t a t iv e p r e d ic a te . I t may
precede another nominal which i t then q u a n tifie s .
Exs.
/y a s t i S^ t u l / (p resen t comes tw o-person) 'two people
are coming (su b je c t o f in t r a n s it iv e verb)
/y a hmf 1 cistfkoht/ (p resen t I - k i l l two-anim al) I m k i l l i n g
two anim als (o b ject o f t r a n s it iv e verb)
/S d k o h tik / (tw o-an im al-th ey -a re) th ey are two anim als'
( s t a t iv e p red ica te)
/ ?y cd?t u l w in ik / ( e x is t tw o-person man) th er e are two men'
(q u a n tifie r o f fo llo w in g noun).
R epro duce d w ith perm ission o f the cop yrig ht ow ner. F urthe r reprod uction prohibited w ith o u t perm ission.
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i 70 imECTION
| 71 Paradigmatic Charts o f I n fle c tio n a l LA ffixes"
71.1 T ransitive I n fle c tio n

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. T ran sitive verbs have two s t a t e s , an in d ic a tiv e ,
i and an im perative.
IOTICATIVE
Subject P erfect Subjunctive Subject Object
m {(Eh* {vk } f t ik j ^ {on}
}aw} STEM -Eik^} {a t*
{ ik 2* m
{ o tik l
{eS }
+ + + + + +

IMPERATIVE
Imperative Plural Object

i i
H-
STEM -Ea* -Eon}

1
m
Eotik}
+ + + +
'T -------
+ a ob ligatory a option al
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71.2 In tr a n sitiv e I n fle c tio n
In tra n sitiv e verbs have two s t a t e s , an in d ic a tiv e ,
and ai im perative.
INDICATIVE
Subject Subjunctive Subject
{la h } STEM tuk} . ton }
U ti
m
fotikl
{eS*
d ic 2r
+ + + +
"
IMPERATIVE
'
Imperative Plural
STEM -tan-}- tik-^}-'
+ +
Order* -tuiiprecedes {on}-, { o tik }
fo llo w s -fikg}-
Portmanteaux*
-fuk}- -fat} _ fan}

tukit te}- = -tan} -tik-^-3-
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71.3 A ffect I n fle c tio n

A ffect verbs have an in d ica tiv e s ta te on ly.
I
INDICATIVE
Tense Subjunctive Subject
t s 2* STEM {uk{ {on}
{ a t}
{ o tik }
{e }
.
{ ik 2}
+ : + + +
r---------------
Orders {uk} precedes {on }, { o t ik }
fo llo w s {ikg.}
Portmanteaux: fuk} { a t } = {an }

{u k } } e 3 } = { a n } { ik 1 }
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71.4 S ta tiv e In fle c tio n
S ta tiv e verbs formed from aj stems with the
derivational s u ffix -tV-jl} have both an in d i
oative and an imperative s t a t e . A ll other
s ta tiv e s have only an in d ica tiv e s t a t e .
INDICATIVE
Subjunctive Subject
STEM -tuk} -ton}
fa t}
fl9}
f-otilc}
fe S }
-tik2}
i
1
+ i +
i
IMPERATIVE
Imperative Plural
STEM tan} fik f}
+ + +
Order and Portmanteaux same as fo r 7 1 .3 , 7 1 .4 .
71.5 Nominal I n fle c tio n
In gen eral, nouns have two s ta t e s , an ab solu te.
and si p ossessed . Some nouns have only one
state >, and some nouns are im in flected .
ABSOLUTE
Class Class
Marker Marker Plural
STEM { il} { e t ik }
h}
{ tik 2}
+ + +
__
POSSESSED
Class. Noun Possessor

Possessor Marker P lu ral Plural
m . STEM { e l} {ab} { tik ^ }
{aw} {V-jtak} W kp .
{y } { ik 2}-
{ u l} .
(+) + + +. +
(+) V When { u l } occurs, i t may co-occur with { y } , or e ls e

no possessor p r e fix i s presentj otherw ise, a p ossess
iv e p r e fix i s always p resen t.
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Classes of nouns are defined by.the occurrence of
s p e c ific c la ss markers:
Class Absolute Possessed Noun PluraL
1 Nothing N0thing fV-jtak^
2 Nothing ei3 kV-jtakJ]
3a 13 Nothing abg
3b 13
Nothing {Vjtakg
4 Nothing fV-jtak;]
5 33 Nothing Vxtak^
6
P*3 Nothing fV-jtak^
Por the domain of nominal in f le c t io n , see the Syntax,
Phrase form ation, under Noun Phrases,
71.6 A djectival I n fle c tio n

A djectives in a ttr ib u tiv e function iw a y s precede
the nouns they modify. Pormation of a ttr ib u tiv e
constructions i s cla ssed as sy n ta c tic , but a few
monosyllabic ra d ica l a d jectiv es occur with a
s u f f ix of the general shape F71} when a ttr ib u tiv e ,
When these same a d jectiv es occur a ttr ib u tiv e ly
without t-71 the r e su lta n t constructions are c la ssed

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as compounds.
The shapes of the s u f f ix are / / a l / / , / / i l / / , and
//V - j l//, Stems talcing / / a l / / are; .
ih i 'black*
ip *a lot*
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Stems taking / / i l / / are*
lam *s o ft *
s&k 'w h ite
lek 'good'
tft ' s tin k in g '
nah 'long'
how 'rabid'
/am 'n ice'
'stin g y '
$ah 'lazy*
Stems taking //V - j l// are*
k 9 'rotten*
hay 'th in '
t&h ' stra ig h t *
iahle 'hot'
a 'b itt e r
/& 'raw'
ya 'sp icy '
ta t 'th ick ' (liq u id s)
pim 'th ick ' (so lid s)
yih 'hard'
pih 'in t e llig e n t
kn 'yellow '
/ah 'red'
yaS 'green'
pah 'sour'
S i 'sw eet'
mule 'b ig'

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72. I n fle c tio n a l Categories
72.1 There are s ix patterns of in fle c tio n ?
a. tr a n sitiv e
b. in tr a n s itiv e
c . a ffe c t
d 0 s ta tiv e
e . nominal
f . a d je ctiv a l
a. T ransitive in fle c t io n occurs with t v stems only.
b. In tr a n sitiv e in fle c t io n occurs with iv stems only.
e ,.A f fe c t in fle c t io n occurs with av stems only.
d. S ta tiv e in fle c t io n occurs with a d je c tiv e , noun
(possessed or a b solu te, but non-pluraL), and some
p a r tic le stems, whereby they fu n ction as p red ica tes.
e . Uominal in fle c t io n occurs with nouns and preceding
nouns and/or a d jectiv es in a ttrib u tin g fu n ction .
f . A d jectival in fle c t io n occurs with some ad jective
stems in a ttr ib u tiv e fu n ction .
72.2 Grammatical categories

a. In tr a n s itiv e in fle c t io n the follow in g grammatical
categories are marked? su b ject, o b ject, person,
p lu r a l, im perative, sub ju nctive, p e r fe c tiv e .
b. In in tr a n s itiv e in fle c t io n the fo llo w in g grammatical
categories are marked? su b ject, person, p lu ra l,
imperat i v e , sub j u n ctiv e,
c . In a f fe c t in fle c t io n the follow in g grammatics,

ca teg o ries are m ar ked* su b ject, p lu r a l, subjunctive,
te n se .
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d. In s ta tiv e in fle c t io n the follow in g grammatical
ca tegories are marked* su b ject, pluraL, subjunct
iv e , and, fo r some types of a d je c tiv e s, im perative.
e . In nominal in fle c t io n the follow in g grammatical

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ca tegories are marked* noun c la s s , p o ssessio n ,
person, plural'.
f . In a d je c tiv a l in fle c t io n a ttrib u tiv e fu nction i s
marked.
72.3 Person Markers
There are two s e ts o f person markers, s e t A, and
s e t B. Set A functions as
a. possessor of noun,.
b, subject of tr a n s itiv e verb.
Set 3 functions as
a. subject of in tr a n s itiv e , a f f e c t , and s ta tiv e
verb,
b. object o f tr a n s itiv e verb.
73. Analytical Tables o f I n fle c tio n a l A ffixes
The follow in g ta b le s give the follow in g information
about the in fle c t io n a l desinences*
1 . number and name g lo ss
2 . morphemic constituency
3 . form; alloform s, i f any
4. functions and/or d istrib u tion s* lim ita tio n s on
d istrib u tio n s
5 . examples
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#1
1 . fik ^ f 'second person p lu ra l'
2 . 13c pi
3. / / - i k / /
4. a. subject of t v , s e t A
b, p ossessor of n, s e t A
c , imperative p lu r a l, t r a n s it iv e , in tr a n s itiv e , and
s ta tiv e
In s e t A always co-occurs with faw}J

as imperative p lu ral always co-occurs w ith fa } when .
t r a n s it iv e , and with fan} when in tr a n s itiv e or s t a t iv e .
5 . 3xxi
a, //aA p5& t a Y - - ik // you a l l cure'
b, / / a i n& - i k / / 'your houses'
c , //-phs -a - i k / / 'do i t ( p i . ) '
. / / b an - i k / / 'go (p i , ) 1
//S o t 1 an - i k / / ' s i t down ( p i , ) '
#2
1. Jiik,,} th ird person plural, s e ts A and B
2 . ik p i
3 . //ik //
4. a, possessor o f noun, s e t A
b. sub ject o f in tr a n s itiv e , a f fe c t , or s ta tiv e verb

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In s e t A when p o ssessiv e always co-occurs with [y]
5 . Exxii
a, / / s na i k / / 'th e ir houses' .
b. / / t a l i k / / .'they came'
//S o t o l i k / / 'they are seated'
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#3
1. {ulcl 1su b ju n ctive/op tative/h or ja to ry 1
2. -
3. //u k //
4. t v , i v , av, sv
5. Exx:
1. - - -
2. / / a t a l uk/ / ' l e t Mm come'
3.
4. //m a /am u k // ' i t ' s not good'
4 4
1. {k} f i r s t person* s e t A
2* -
3. / / k / / - / A / / or /A k //
//k // _ ,H
*
//h//
4. a . s u b je c t of t v
b. p o ssesso r of n
5. Exx:
a, //k a l / / 'I say1
/ / h p& s// I do'
b . / / k 6t a n / / 'my heart'
//h M l// 'my head'
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1. fawl second person: se t A

2. -
3. / / &*W/ - / / a a / / or /A u w //
f / a*w// J>,H
//a .//
4. a. subject of tv
b. possessor of n
5. Exx#
a, //a*w f;a l / / you sa y
// a * p W / you do
b. //aAw o9 t a n // your h ea rt
//aA h & l// your head'
#6
l . -tyl th ird person: s e t B
2. -----
3. / / y / / ~ / / s / / or /A y //
//y //
/A // ___.
4. a . s u b je c t of t v
b. p o sse sso r of n ,
5. Exx;
a. / / y t?W / 'he says'
/ / s p a s // 'he does'
. b . / / y 969 t a n / / Ms h eart'
/ / s h o i// 'M s head'
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/ 7
1 . ftiJyf- f i r s t person plural, se t A
2. t i k p i
3. / / t i k / /
4. a, subject of tv
b. possessor of n
Always co-occurs with [k]
5. a. / / k a l t i k / / we say*
. / / h pAs t i k / / we do
b. / / k 6tan t i k / / 'our h ea rts'
/ / h hoi t i k / / rour heads'
#8
1. ta* tr a n s itiv e imperative
2.
3. / / - a / /
4. a. tr a n s itiv e imperative
5. 3xxJ
,//pas - a / / do i t '
#9
1. {(Eh* tr a n s itiv e p erfectiv e
2# -
3 . //C E h //
4. p er fec t o f tv
5. Exxi
/ / y la o h // 'he has sa id '
/ / h poll taY e h // 'I have cured'
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/10
1, -till} inanimate possessor
2, VI n
3i / / y l / / j u su a lly / / u l / / with m onosyllables, / / a l / /
w ith p o ly sy lla b le s , but there are maiy le x ic a lly
determined excep tion s,
4. Marks inanimate th ird person possessor of a noun.
May or may not co-occur with -fy} i f f i r s t part of
a p o ssessiv e phrase. I f functioning as simple
sub ject or o b ject, must co-occur with f y l .
5. Exx'i
/ / s wi/ u l / / i t s mount s in '
/ / y ora - i l / / i t s tim e
#11
1. noun c la s s marker
2.
3. IM I
4. c la ss marker in n, when absolute
5. Exx?
//5 ~ $u%// fr o g
#12
1 , th } noun c la ss marker
2.
3, //h V /
4, c la s s marker in n, when absolute
5, Exx:
/ / h 9i b / / arm adillo
%
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/1 3
1. f i l l noun c la s s marker
2. VI n
3. / / V I / / ; normally / / a l / / a fte r p o ly sy lla b le s with
/ / i t e / / in f in a l s y lla b le , / / i l / / elsewhere; but
with many le x ic a lly determined excep tions.
5. Exx:
/ / ' otan i l / / *he art*
//& t l e i a l / / soul*
//ic a b a l / / *hand*
#14
1. ftikgl noun c la s s marker
2. t i k pi
3. / / t i k / /
5. Exx;
//ft a l t i k / / c o r n fie ld
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#=15
1 . { e l } noun c la s s marker
2. VI n
3. / / V l// u su ally / / a l / / a fte r p o ly sy lla b ic stems
whose l a s t vowel i s / / i , e / / , / / e l / /
elsewhere, with many le x ic a lly determined
excep tion s.
4 . c la ss marker in n, when p ossessed.

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5 . Exx:
/ / s ci& e l / / 'h is blood'
/ / s nuhkul e l / / 'h is skin '
/ / s baicet a l / / 'h is f le s h '
#16
1 . {etik j- absolute noun p lu ra l
2. t ik pi
3. / / - e t i k / /
4 . p lu ra l in n, when absolute
5 . Exx
//nk - e t ik // 'houses'
#17
1. {ab}- possessed noun p lu ral
2. -
3. //a b //
4 . 'plural in n, when p ossessed , fo r a few nouns onlyj
in CD with {V^ ta k }
5. Exx: j
/ / h ni$n ab t i k / / ' our so n s'
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# 1 8
1 . tV-jtak} possessed noun p lural
2. t i k pi
3. //(\)tak//
4. plural, in in, when p ossessed , fo r nouns not in fabj-j
in CD with -tab}-.
5. Ex.
/ / h fii* i t a k / / ray dogs*
#19
1 . ion } f i r s t person sin gu lar, s e t B
2.
3. //- o n //
4 . a. sub ject of s t a t iv e , a f f e c t , or in tr a n s itiv e verb
b. ob ject i f tv
5. Exx.
a, //w in ik - o n // fI am a man*
/ / t a l - o n // 'I came*
b, / / s m&h - o n // he. h it s me
#20
1. ta t} second person sin g u la r, s e t B
2.
3. //- a t / /
4. a. sub ject of sv , av, i v
. b, object o f tv
5 . Exx.
a. / / % / - a t / / you are a woman
//ta l -a t// you came
b, / / s mah - a t / / he h its you
R e pro duce d w ith perm ission o f the cop yrig ht ow ner. F urthe r rep rod uction prohibited w ith o u t perm ission.
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#21
1. third person singular, set B

2 . ---
3. //S i//
4. a. subject o f sv , av, iv
b. object o f tv
5. Exx.
a. //kerem''// he i s a boy
//ta l W / he came
b. / / s m il l * / / he k i l l s him1
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1. { o tik } f i r s t person p lu r a l, s e t B
2 . on IsB+t i k pi
3. / / - o t i k / /
4. a. subject o f sv , av, iv
b. object of tv
5. Exx.
a. //w in ik - o t i k / / we are men*
//ta L - o t i k / / we came
, b. / / s mah - o t i k / / he h it s us*
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# 23
1. fe3 }- second person p lu ra l, s e t B
2. - -
3. / / - e g / /
4. a. sub ject of sv , av, iv
b. ob ject of tv
5. Exx.
a. //b& - e g / / 'you a l l went*
//w in ik - e g / / 'you a l l are men'
b. / / s mah - e g / / 'he h its you ( p i.) '
#24
1. { la h f th ird person p lu ral
2. lah pi
3. / / l a h , / /
4. sub ject of iv
5. Exx!.
//g la h , w i l / / they f l y '
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#25
1. -tan-3- im perative, s e t B
2.
3'. / / a * / /
4. imperative of sv , iv
5. Exx.
//c& t 1 a n // s it down*
/ / o c a n / / en ter
#26
1. t s 2.a- tense o f a ffe c t verb
2. - - -
3. / / - / /
4. ten se o f av
5 . Ex.
//5 a w&h m m // barking
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80 ALL0M0RPHS OF ROOT MORPHMES
The fo llo w in g are most o f th e ro o t morphemes
having allom orphs.*
8 0 .1 Nouns
dhaw3 "king" / / ahw // b efo re talg-T (77) 'non iin alizer'
/ / a h a // as f i r s t member o f compound
/ / dhaw// elsew here
a bat^ 's e r v ic e ' / / a t / / b efore tahg^ (31) 'in t r a n s i t -
iv iz e r '
la l^ (58) 'v e rb a l noun
/ / a b a t / / elsew here
t& ayil^ 'smoke' / / l l / / b efore ub3 (36) ' f a c t i t i v e '
and when red u p lica ted
/ /S lL y il// elsew here
tHA b^ 'y ea r' //H& w // b efo re a l93 (77) 'nom in alizer'

//H d b // a f t e r fhun^ 'one' and b efore
Ehey^ (87) 'p a st tim e'
tHd ben^ 'le a f' //HA b i n / / b efore {a l 3 (77) 'nom inal-
iz e r '
//H a w en // elsew here
hdy3 'companion'
/ / h 6 / / b efore i n ^ (11) t r a n s it ! v iz e r '
//h 6y//
//h f iy // elsew here
*s * = s t y l i s t i c v a r ia tio n
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kalan3 Spanish American //k a S la n //V /k a a n //

s
mamal3 old man //m am al//"// ma// as f i r s t
member of compound
//m am al// elsewhere
k6so^ c r ip p le //k 5 / / before kVnah3 (44)

a ffe c t verb
//k 6 S o // elsewhere
tkahk^ f ir e //i:a h ic //~ //4 a h // before vowel
i n i t i a l su ffix e s
/ /k ah k // elsewhere
kesara3 l e f t hand //lceam //~//keem //
f l a b^ e v il s p ir it / / l a w // before tin^^ (27)
in tr a n s itiv iz e r
/ / l a b / / before f i n ^ (11)
t r a n s it iv iz e r
/ / l a 9/ / elsewhere
H ulab-} g u e s t / / 9u l a / / before Etal^ (47)
t r a n s it iv iz e r
/ / u la b // elsewhere
8 0 .2 Numerals
thun*) one / / h / / before a numeral
c la s s if ie r
/ / h u / / when reduplicated
//h u n // elsewhere, i . e . ,
before eb3 (85)
543 'two' / / / / before teb-3 (85), a f te r
tbalun^ 'n in e 1, flahun^ 't e n '

//S a b / / before teh 33 (86)
'tim e in fu tu re '
/ / c a V / elsewhere
tbalun^ nine* //b u l u / / before 5a -J 'tw o'

//b a lu n // elsewhere
tlahunQ 't e n ' / / l a h / / before tS a 3 'tw o'

//l a h u n // elsewhere
80.3 Transitive Verbs
ta biy^ 'to hear' / / a b iy / before tin.j3 (27)

'i n t r a n s i t i v i z e r '
ting-3 (13) 't r a n s i t -

iv iz e r '
teh -^ (51) 'v e rb al
noun'
\
/ / a i / / 5 / / a y // // a y i / /
elsewhere
t a&3 'to put1 / / a 9/ / before tbey^ (51)

'in d ir e c tiv e '
/ / a(c// elsewhere
thufc^ 'to grind' //h u / / before t i i ^ (27)

'i n t r a n s i t i v e ' + t e h ^ (57)
'v e rb a l noun'
tsiw3 'to fear' / / S i /'/ as a t v stem
/ / s i w / / as an iv stem
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80.4 In tr a n sitiv e Verbs
tba3 to go / / b / / before on3 1 st p ers. s in g .
( in f l) (19)
at^ 2nd p ers. s in g . ( in f l) (20)
fotik^ 3rd pers. s in g . ( in f l) (22)
tan^ im perative ( in f l) (25)
/ / b a / / before tel^ verbal noun' (60)
Eem*} p a r t ic ip le (93)
/ / b a / / before e3 3rd pers. p i .
( in f l) (23)
//b a h // before subjunctive' ( in f l)
(23)
/ / b a h t / / before f&] 3rd pers. s in g .
( in f l ) (21)
fikgt! 3rd p ers. p i . ( in f l)
( 2)
kd^ to / / k o / / ~ / / k o t / / as an a u x ilia ry
arrive / / k o / / before ies^ ca u sa tiv e (48)
th er e tuk^ subjunctive ( in f l) (3)
/ / k o t / / elsewhere
80.5 P o sitio n a l Verbs
lean in g / / & / / before falg^ (77) nom inalizer
/ / & / / before fV^l^ (95) a d jectiv e'
//jt e h // before tp V n ^ (l), Ep7h3 (14)
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80.6 A djectives
takin-3 dry' / / t a k / / before (26)
'in tr a n s itiv iz e r '
/ / t a k i n / / elsewhere
t u'nin^ 'young' / / u n // before t t i k ^ (91)
'h o n o rific'
/ / u n in // elsewhere
80.7 P a r tic les
Eha 3 'dem onstrative' //h.o / / before on3 '1 st

pers. s in g .' ( in f l) (19)
fotik ^ '1 s t pers.
p i .' ( in f l) (22)
//h a / / elsewhere
sok3 'w ith' //s o k / / ! / /s o y o k / /
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90 SYNTAX
91 Introduction
The stru ctu ral items to be d ealt with in the
Syntax are a f f ix , word, phrase, and clau se. This d escrip
tio n stops at the clause le v e l; th at i s , i t describes the
structure of clau ses but does not describe how clauses
are put together to make sen ten ces, nor does i t describe
any higher le v e l (discourse, utteran ce, e t c .) . The des
crip tio n begins with sy n ta ctic word ty p es, proceeds to
phrase ty p es, thence to cla u ses.
92 Abbreviations
YJord le v e l (word type names)
vaj verbal a d jectiv e
ip in f le c t ib le p a r tic le
iv in tr a n s itiv e verb t
tv tr a n s itiv e verb
pv p assive verb
rv r e fle x iv e verb
ppr personal pronoun
dpr demonstrative pronoun
epr emphatic pronoun
nc numeral c l a s s i f i e r
aux a u x ilia ry
p-v postverbal m odifier
vn verbal noun
n noun
aj a d jectiv e
a-p a d je c tiv e -p a r tic le
Phrase le v e l (phrase type names)
N noun phrase
ivp in tr a n s itiv e verb phrase
tvp t r a n s itiv e verb phrase
t time
1 lo ca tio n
m manner
e extent
P purpose
H- . head s lo t
Mod m odification s lo t
Num numeral s lo t
Clause le v e l ( s lo t names)
IP in tr a n s itiv e predicate
TP t r a n s itiv e predicate
SP s ta tiv e predicate
T time
L lo ca tio n
M manner
P purpose
I introducer
S/0 su b ject/o b ject
Ag agent
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+ ob ligatory
+ optional
s lo t: fille r
93 Syntactic Word Types
In T z e lta l there are s ix stem -classes; nouns
(n ), tr a n s itiv e verbs ( tv ) , in tr a n s itiv e verbs ( iv ) , a ffe c t

verbs (a v ),
a d je ctiv es (a j) , and p a r tic le s (p ). These s ix stem -classes
on the morphological word le v e l are matched by a good many
more on the sy n ta c tic word le v e l . In the d iscu ssio n of
phrase and clause structure to fo llo w , word types that
are sp e c ifie d are sy n ta ctic word types and not stem -classes
although the names are sim ila r.
The follow in g sy n ta ctic word types occur,
a) Independent personal pronouns; /hd on / Ij me',

/hd a t / 'you ( s i n g .) , /h d 9/ '3rd s in g . , /hd t i k /
we, u s , / h l e s / you ( p i . ) ' , / h i ik / 'th ey, them'.
These are,form ally speaking, s ta tiv e verbs formed
from the p a r tic le /h d /+ s ta tiv e verb endings (see
s ta tiv e p red icates 9 6 .1 (c ), and might be tra n sla ted ,
i t i s I who', ' i t i s you who', e tc . From a more
f r u it f u l point o f view, however, sin ce these pronouns
fu nction in p r e c ise ly the way that a l l other subjects
and o b jects do, th ese forms are ca lle d independent
personal pronouns. The in te r r o g a tiv e -r e la tiv e per
sonal pronouns /mdca/ 'who', /m dcatik/ '(th e ) ones,
people (who)' are form ally p a r t ic le s .
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b) R eflexive pronoun / - b i / 'o n e s e lf, one another', in
fle c te d as a noun, i s the d irect object complement in
a r e fle x iv e verb construction.
c) Emphatic personal pronoun / - t u k e l/ 'by o n e se lf, one
s e l f a lo n e ', in fle c te d as a noun, f i l l s the su b ject/
object s lo t on the clau se le v e l, as w ell as being an
expansion to the righ t o f the corresponding (for
person) independent personal pronoun.
d) Demonstrative pronouns /h V , / h l i l i / , /hfi i l e .- / ,

' t h i s , th a t' with r e la tiv e -in te r r o g a tiv e / t u t i / ,
/tu t a / , / t u t a / , / t u / 'what' and / t u t i t i k / '(th e )
things (th a t)' are p a rtly phrasal in structure and
w ill be discussed in the p h ra se-lev el p resentation .
e) I n f le c t ib le p a r tic le s : / h i 6 / 'th u s ', /hd / ' t h i s /
t h a t ', / 95y/ 'e x is t in g ', /yd k / 'c u r r e n tly ', and
perhaps several oth ers, are th at subclass of a l l
p a r tic le s which may occur with s ta tiv e verb endings
on the clause le v e l. These are the so -c a lle d in f le c t ib le

p a r tic le s ,
f) Numeral c la s s if ie r s are a sp e cia l subset o f p a r tic le s
which are derived from tv roots and noun stems and
occur only as s a t e l l i t e s in the numerational s lo t of
the noun phrase.
g) The sin g le p rep osition / t a / i s always followed by an
'o b jec t' (noun phrase) and occurs in lo ca tio n phrases,
in the numeration s lo t in noun phrases, and in manner
phrases.
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h) The p a r tic le /s o k / 'with* i s o p tio n a lly follow ed by
any nominal element, or by another clau se.
i) Some p a r tic le s have wide d istr ib u tio n across phrase,
types and have a p o sitio n s p e c ifia b le in terms of a
whole phrase with themselves as the la s t expansion.
j) Other p a r tic le s have p o sitio n s defin ab le in terms
of the whole clause in which they occur.
k) Clause introducers functioning on the clause le v e l
are /m e/, /t& n e/, /& d la l/~ /k d l/, / t e l / .
l) A ll other p a r tic le s are sp e c ifie d by the types of
phrases they occur in , which are the follow ing:
tim e, lo c a tio n , manner, ex ten t, purpose, tr a n s itiv e
verb, in tr a n s itiv e verb. They include s p e c ific
(or absolute) as w ell as r e la tiv e -in te r r o g a tiv e
p a r tic le s .
m) Verbal nouns are th a t subclass of noun stems (and
sy n ta c tic nouns as w ell) which are derived from
tr a n s itiv e and in tr a n s itiv e verb stems by the
ad d ition o f s u ffix e s (5 5 -6 0). Verbal nouns (at le a s t
those derived from t v stems, and perhaps a lso those
derived from iv stems) may function as s a t e l l i t e s in
verb phrases. Those derived from t r a n s itiv e verbs
may govern ob jects when part o f the verb phrase.
n) Geographical names (gn), which are u n in flected on
the morphological le v e l are simply nouns on the
sy n ta ctic le v e l.
I
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o) Personal names (pn) are not normally ( i f ever) possessed
or p lu ra lized on the morphological le v e l. They function
as nouns on the sy n ta ctic le v e l. Personal names op
tio n a lly have a p r efix / / h / / ( in f l , 12). This p refix
which i s present when the name i s used r e fe r e n tia lly ,
i s absent when the word i s used in d irect address.
p) A ll other forms which are nouns on the morphological
le v e l are also nouns on the sy n ta ctic le v e l.
q) Verbal a d jec tiv es are of two types; those derived
from t v stems with the s u ffix tb ilQ , which are p erfect
p assive p a r tic ip le s , and those derived from iv stems
with the s u f f ix em3, which are p erfect a ctiv e
p a r tic ip le s . These verbal a d jectiv es may have
a ttr ib u tiv e fu n ction , and s ta tiv e fu n ction . In the
la t t e r function they may be preceded by the verbal
p a r tic le / >?5 y /, unlike other a d je c tiv e , and lik e
verbs.
Exs.
\
from tv j / d k b il/ having been given
/m dnbil/ having been bought'
/p d y b il/ 'having been b o ile d 1
from iv / t 61era/ 'having come'
/ 6h&em/ 'having gotten wet'
/ldicem/ 'having gone out
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r) A d jec tiv e -p a r tic ip les are a subclass of ad jectiv es
which are derived from v roots with th e s u ffix
tV-jlî and gen erally sp e c ify something about the con
d itio n of something.
Exs.
a) /p y a l/ b o ile d
b) /t6 k e l/ standing up , 'upright
c) /S d to l/ sea ted , s i t t i n g
d) /h d k a l/ 'fa r o f f
e) / tih il/ near by
f) / n5kal/ situ a te d
e) /s S p e l/ round and f l a t
h) /w d lo l/ sp h er ica l
I t may be th at th ese words can a lso occur precede by
/ 9d y /, but t h is i s riot v e r ifie d . They are unique,
however, in th at in s ta tiv e predications th ese are
the only f i l l e r s o f th a t s lo t that can occur with
the in fle c t io n a l s u ffix e s tan^, fan^ + t i k ^ 2nd
pers. s in g ./p i. im perative . This s u f f ix cannot occur
with a l l th ese a -p s . One cannot say 'be b o ile d !'
( a), 'be round! ( g), be sp h e r ic a l! (h); one can
say stand u p ! (b), s i t down! ( c) , get l o s t ! ' ( d) .
s) A ll other forms which are a d jectiv es on the
morphological le v e l are a lso a d jectiv es on the
sy n ta ctic word le v e l.
t) Passive verbs are derived from tv stems by su ffix in g
ot9, or //b o t / / (= / / b e / / 'in d irect* + / / o t / / 'p a s s iv e ').
They have the same sy n ta ctic properties as other in
tr a n sitiv e verbs, with the exception that on the clause
le v e l an agent s lo t o p tio n a lly occurs when a passive
verb i s th e head o f a p red icate.
u) A u x ilia ries are u n in flected forms of verbs used in
leftward expansions of verb phrases of a l l types (not
s ta tiv e ).
v) Postverbal m odifiers are (h is to r ic a lly ) verbal nouns
used in rightward expansions of verb phrases of a l l
types (not s t a t iv e ) .
]
w) All other words which are in tr a n s itiv e verbs on the
morphological le v e l are a lso i v ' s on the syn atactic
le v e l.
x) A ll tr a n s it iv e verbs on the morphological le v e l are
a lso tr a n s itiv e verbs on the sy n ta ctic le v e l.

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y) Note on r e la tiv e s : r e la tiv e p a r tic le s personal
pronoun, demonstrative (pronoun), tim e, lo ca tio n , pur
pose, manner, ex ten ta l l have double fu nction . They
function in the appropriate s lo t in the dependent
clau se, and the dependent clause as a whole functions
as the subject or object in the independent clau se.
The various r e la tiv e p a r tic le s w ill be discussed
, under the various phrase types of which they are mem-
' bers. The optional / t e / which i s described fo r the
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r e la tiv e clause i s f i l l i n g the subject s lo t in the
main clau se.
94 Phrases
Phrases are groups o f words or sin g le words
which are p o te n tia lly expandable in to more than one word.
A ll words which are not expandable and yet f i l l s lo t s in
le v e ls above the phrase should have been d ea lt with on
the word le v e l.
The follow ing phrase types occur.
Noun phrases (N) head s lo t
m odification s lo t
numerational s lo t
demonstrative s lo t
In tr a n sitiv e verb phrases (ivp)
T ransitive verb phrases (tvp)
a u x ilia r ie s
postverbals
Time phrases (t)
Location phrases (1)
Purpose phrases (p)

Manner and Extent phrases (m, e)
94.1 Noun Phrases
a) The simple noun phrase co n sists o f an optional
demonstrative s lo t (d isco n tin u ou s), an optional
enumerational s l o t , an optional m odification s lo t ,
and an ob ligatory head s lo t .
The head s lo t is f ille d by a sin gle noun.
Exs.
/h t in / 'Agustln
/h d bel'/ 'San Cristdbal*'
/c ln / ' snake'
/bana/ 'a t t ic '
Any polyraorphemic (stem, stem) head i s probably to be
considered a compound.
b) The s lo t occurring immediately to the l e f t of the
head s lo t i s the optional m odification s lo t , which
may be f i l l e d eith er by a noun or by an a d je c tiv e ,
the la tt e r of which i s expandable.
Exs. Mod: n + H: n
/ In / hdhmut/ (woman crow) 'fem ale crow
/pukuh H 0/ (e v il-o n e dog) 'mean dog*
A djectives are o f two typ es, th ose which
s u ffix \n.-} when the a d jectiv e occurs in a ttr ib u tiv e
function and those which do not. A djectives may be
expanded to the l e f t with /lorn/ 'v ery '.
Exs. Mod: aj + H: n
/ l l k i l I n / / (good-Vl woman) 'good woman'

/ t i n klrem/ ( l i t t l e boy) ' l i t t l e boy'
Mod: A tlom + aj2 + H: n
/lom k ls in hI / (very hot water)
/lom l l k i l p d S il/ (very good V1^ medicine)
No examples o f more than one ad jectiv e f i l l i n g the
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m odification s lo t have been noted heretofore, so i t i s
not p o ssib le to say what the u ltim ate expansion of t h is
s lo t might be.
c) P ossessive in fle c tio n o f nouns occurs on the phrase
le v e l and in clu d es the optional m odification s lo t
and the ob ligatory head s lo t . (P ossessive a f fix e s are
underlined in the follow in g examples).
Exs. + H: n
/sh<5l/ 'h is head'
+ Mod : n + H: n
/spukuh /fi?ik / (th e ir -e v il-o n e dog-their)
'th e ir mean dog(s)'
+ Mod : aj + H: n
/h lS k il (our-good V1^ woman-our)
'our good women'
No examples of the p o ssessiv e a f fix e s including the
manner p a r tic le ;/Loni have ever been observed.
d) There are certain complex noun expressions which should
be described here. (Do not confuse with complex noun
phrases which are q u ite a d iffe r e n t thing; see 94.1 (h).
They c o n sist of one noun in a given s ta te followed by
another in the same s ta te ( i . e . , possessed or un
possessed) , except th at only the second shows plural
in fle c t io n . The r e la tio n between the two items may
be thought, of as apposition on the phrase le v e l. The
structure i s analogous to th at of complex in tr a n s itiv e
verbs and r e fle x iv e verbs .
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Exs.
/ p i t uhk/ 'a neighbor
/h p it hsuhk/ my neighbor
/ s p i t aSuhkik/ 'y a lls neighbors' (your, p i . )
/ k i l hnlcan/ my sons and daughters
/sm i9 s t i t / 'h is fath er and mother
> h is an cestors
e) The next s lo t to the l e f t of the m odification s lo t i s
the optional numeral s lo t . I t m.y be f i l l e d eith er
by a numeral phrase (described in d e t a il in 60) or a
numeral expression such as / 9is e 'lb t u / / three spoons
( o f ) , which i s an included + Num : num + H ; n phrase.
Exs. + Num: num + Mod: aj + H:n
/ c i 9t u l l i k i l w inik/ (two-person good V1^
man) 'two good'men
+ Num: num [+ H: n] + Mod: aj + H; n
/ 96 se9b t u / k isin h i9/ (three spoons hot
water)
f) I f not follow ed by a noun functioning as head o f a
noun phrase, the numeral s lo t functions as the head
o f a noun phrase and can only be expanded by the
demonstrative s l o t , discussed la te r .
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g) The la s t s lo t to the l e f t i s the op tion al demonstrative
s lo t. I t i s discontinuous, so th at the + Num + Mod +
H i s included w ithin the demonstrative expression.
Demonstrative expressions are the follow ing:
/te + H + e/ th e (when noun phrase i s s in g le ,
or la s t in a complex noun phrase
strin g)
/ t e + H/ 'th e' (when n on -fin al in a complex
noun strin g)
/h a + H + H i / t h i s
/ h i iX + H + f l i / t h i s
/h i + H + fie / th a t'
/h i i l + H + fie / th a t
The in ter ro g a tiv e demonstrative i s / t u t i / ,
/ t u t a / , / t u t a / , / t d / 'what?! The H at the end i s
su ffix ed with / / i l / / when t h is , or the r e la tiv e
demonstrative occurs. The r e la tiv e demonstrative i s
/+ t e t u t i / e tc . 'what, that which'.
/tu t a I t e l i l / ( I t e l = work ) 'what (kind of)
work?'
h) Complex noun phrases or s tr in g s . Also on the phrase
le v e l occur sequences o f more than one noun phrase
strung together by the mechanism of having a l l but
the la s t phrase of the str in g possessed in the third
person sin gu lar ( a ll but the demonstrative part)
which represents the p o ssessiv e or g e n itiv e r e la tio n
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obtaining between the phrases. Noun phrases entering
in to the complex noun s tr in g construction may occur
only with / t e / , o f a l l the demonstratives
Exs. + H poss + H
/sh61 hwan/ (his-head John)
i . e . , John, h is head > John's head
or, h is head (of) John > the head o f John
The longest str in g occuring in te x ts i s
/ spukuhil t e y 9l'el s ti9 t e Seine/
+ N poss + N poss [ : t e + H:n] + N poss + N [ : t e + H: n]
i t s e v il (o f) i t s liq u id (of) i t s mouth (of) the snake
i . e . , the e v il o f the s a liv a o f the snake (the
power o f the snakes venom). I t / t e / occurred before
/ s t i 9/ , the symmetry would be p e r fe c t. As i t i s ,
/ y ! 9l e l s t i 9/ probably are in immediate constituency
with one another.
94.2
Verb phrases (sim ple) co n sist o f an optional
negation s l o t , an obligatory ten se p a r tic le s lo t , an
optional a u x ilia ry s lo t , an obligatory head s lo t ,
and an optional postverbal m odification s l o t . There
are two main types o f head, tr a n s itiv e and in tr a n s itiv e .
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a) A ll simple tr a n s itiv e verbs have two a sp e cts, imper
f e c t ! ve and p e r fe c tiv e . In the im perfective aspect
they are preceded by ten se markers /y a / p resen t or
/ l a / p a st ; in the p er fe c tiv e aspect they are pre
cede by nothing. R eflexive verbs are a sp e cia l sub
s e t o f simple tr a n s itiv e verbs in th at they take as
d ir e c t object the r e fle x iv e pronoun /-b d / (93(b))
which i s always in fle c te d fo r the same person as the
subject o f the verb; p lu ral i s always indicated on
the pronoun where relev a n t, never on the verb. The
r e fle x iv e pronoun i s considered.as being included in
the main verb expression.
Exs.
/y a hmdh hbd/ I h it m y se lf
/y a hmah hbahtik/ we h it each other
The structure o f r e fle x iv e verb heads i s analogous
to th at of complex noun expressions (94.1 (d)) and
complex in tr a n s itiv e verbs (95.2 ( c ) ) .
b) Simple in tr a n s itiv e verbs have only one a sp ect, im
p e r fe c tiv e . They may be preceded by ten se markers / V

non-past , /y a + / present p rogressive , / a /
p a st , or nothing p a st . In tr a n sitiv e verbs are
both a ctiv e and p a ssiv e.
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c) A complex in tr a n s itiv e verb expression may a lso function
as a head. As in complex noun expressions and
r e fle x iv e verb exp ression s, plural i s marked only on
the second member o f the expression. The fa c t that
/ / , above (95.2 (b )) id e n tifie d as a p a r tic le , can
occur with both elements o f such an expression i s
evidence in favor of i t s being considered an
in fle c tio n (p refixial) rather than a p a r tic le .
/y a s lah snf&nah/ (g iv e -b ir th b e g e t)they are having
ch ild ren 1
/ 9lah nlSnahik/ they had children*
d) Imperative verbs are never preceded by tense
p a r t ic le s . The negative imperative (see 95.2 (h))
fo r both tr a n s itiv e and in tr a n s itiv e verbs i s
+ Neg: ma + me + Tense : 8 + H : t v /iv
i . e . , ma (me) + verb
e) A simple tr a n s itiv e or in tr a n s itiv e verb head may be
expanded to th e l e f t w ith one of several a u x ilia ry
verbs, which form ally are u n in flected (u su ally in
tr a n s itiv e ) verb stems. The ten se markers th at precede
the a u x ilia r ie s and th a t sp e c ify the whole phrase are
those that occur with in tr a n s itiv e verbs. + Aux +
Head may be thought o f as a complex verb phrase rather
than an expansion of a simple verb phrase, i . e . , main
verb + main verb rather than s a t e llit e + nucleus, as
i t i s treated here. The t o t a l number of a u x ilia r ie s
i s about te n .
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Exs.
/ k i n / (<tv -lean want ) 'to almost'
/ l l h k / (iv 'g et up') 'to s ta r t to '
/b iU b ih t/ (iv 'g o ') a) 'to be going to '(fu tu r e )
b) 'to go and'
/ t i l / (iv 'come') 'to come and'
/ ki n Sdmuk/ (almost he-dies-raaybe) 'he almost died'
/lfh k sp 5 s/ (beginning h e -d o e s-it) 'be hegan to do i t '
/ t i l k i l / (coming I - s e e - i t ) 'I came to see i t '
The imperative of a u x ilia ry + head i s the main
evidence for the complex verb phrase id ea , because
the formula i s auxiaper * b e a d . ^ .
Exs.
/ bi n p5sa/ (goI d o - i t ! ) 'go and ao i t '
/ 966an d teh an / (beginl work!) 's t a r t to work'
f) Post-verbal m od ifiers. The simple verb phrase may be
expanded to the rig h t with certa in elements (some of
which are 3 t i l i form ally id e n tic a l with verbal nouns,
and some o f which have an a ltered shape) which d ir e c tly
fo llo w the head and which sp e c ify something about the
. manner o f the a c tio n . There are about ten o f th ese.
Exs.
/ b i e l / (<ba iv 'go' + e l) 'going'
/ t d l e l / (< ta l iv 'come' + e l) 'coming'
/1 6 e l / (<lo& iv 'le a v e ' + e l)'le a v in g '
/k5êl/(<ko iv ' descend'+ el) 'going down'
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/m 6el/ ( 1 & 0 iv ' ascend'.+ e l) 'going up'
/ 9dn 16 e l / (he f le d , leaving) 'he took o f f'
/ ?6San t d l e l / (en terl coming) 'came in '
I f the simple verb i s r e f le x iv e , the post-verbal
p a r tic le may occur between the verb and the r e fle x iv e
pronoun, or i t may fo llo w the r e fle x iv e pronoun.
g) Any verb phrase (simple or complex) may be preceded
by / dy/ as the n e x t-la s t expansion to the l e f t .
This too may be thought o f as a complex construction;
sin ce / dy/ in other contexts means 'e x is t in g ', / dy/
+ verb phrase may be tra n slated as ' i t i s the case
t h a t ....' The construction i s here regarded as a
simple expansion.
h) Negative expressions occur f i r s t in the verb phrase.
They are /ma + b a /, and /m a/. The general d istr ib u tio n
i s that /ma/ occurs when verbs have past ten se markers
or no ten se markers, and /ma ba/ precedes verbs having
present ten se markers. But t h is i s not always the
case. In a d d ition , when n egatives are (operationally)
added to a verb phrase, the ten se markers may disappear.
The negative of a verb phrase beginning with / dy/ i s
to replace / dy/ by /md yuk b a /.
i) Complex verb exp ression s. There are several types of
predicates which c o n sist o f a simple verb phrase plus
ad d ition al matter which i t i s convenient to consider
as part o f the verb phrase and not part o f the clause
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stru ctu re. There are two main types o f complex verb
exp ression s, verb + verb, and verb + verbal noun.
Each main types has two subtypes.
j) The tr a n s it iv e verbs / &/ put, g iv e , / p i s / 'do,
make' may occur in construction with a follow in g verb
(perhaps only a head) with no intervening ten se
p a r t ic le s . The meaning i s , 'he causes th at he do i t '
'he makes/has him do i t ' .
Exs. with / die/
/y a yd&ik stu buta/ (they g iv e , he s p its) 'th ey have him
s p it'
/y a yd beik yd l e l i n / 'th ey give to i t , he d isso lv e s i t )
'th ey have him d isso lv e i t '
/y a kdbat awuce/ (I give to you, you drink i t ) *1 have
you drink i t '
/y a ydk hisnahuk/ (he gives i t , i t heats up) 'he makes
i t heat up'
Exs. with /p d s/
/y a spds y l l / (he makes, he see) 'he makes him see i t
The transform ation o f tr a n s itiv e a ctiv e verbs i s
in tr a n s itiv e p assive verbs; th erefore, the transform
o f /y a yd be yu&/ (he causes i t , that he drink) 'he
makes him drink' becomes /y a s d bot yd& (ydunh /
( i t i s caused, th a t he drink by him) 'he i s made to
. drink (by him)' .
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k) Certain verbs may be follow ed d ir e c tly by verbal nouns.
These verbal nouns then govern the ob jects which option
a lly fo llo w in the clau se. Since nouns cannot precede
other nouns and be in construction with them without
being possessed 3rd s i n g ., th ese unmarked verbal nounis
must be fu nction in g as tr a n s itiv e verbs.
Exs. w ith / 9i&/ take'
/y a yf& pdStayel/ he takes up the curing of
(it)
/y a y i ld k e s e l/ he takes up the removal
of ( i t )
/y a y i h tile l/ he takes up the p iercin g
of ( it ) '
The verbal noun part may be expanded by the
demonstrative / t e . . . e / . Thus, / l a yl& te h u lele *
la yl& h u le l/.
1) Other constructions occur in which certain verbs are
follow ed in c lo se construction by /td V + verbal noun.
(a lso derived from tr a n s itiv e verb s). The ob jects of
these verb phrases are governed by the verbal noun,
not the main verb.
Exs. with / &/ g iv e, put
/ya y i k ta mSnel/ he causes him to buy ( i t )
i . e . , (pres, h e-gives to buying) he has (him) buy
(it)
/y a y5& ta b S k u tesel/ he has (him) fry ( i t )
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/y a ydk ta ptiyel/ he has (him) p u lverize ( i t )
/y a ya ic ta 9u&el/ 'he.has (him) drink ( i t )
with /tik u n / 'send'
/y a stikun ta I 6 e l / 'he sends (him) to look for ( i t ) '
/y a stikun ta mdnel/ 'he sends (him) to buy ( i t ) '
with / t i / 'fin d , meet'
/ l a s t i ta tu b u ta y el/ 'he comes to the point of
s p ittin g '
/ l a std ta p d sta y el/ 'he comes to the point of
curing ( i t ) '
/ l a stdbe ta 9d h ta y el/ 'he comes to the point of
counting ( i t ) r
with /1 6 / 'look for'
/y a s l6 ta 94 h ta y el/ 'he seeks to count i t
Postverbal p a r tic le may occur between the main
verb and the verbal noun,
e . g . , / l a stdbe l o 9e l t a l e l ta nu&el/
he meets lea v in g coming to sucking ( it )
+ tv + pv + pv + ta + vn
'he comes to the point of sucking i t '
This type of construction con trasts with one o f the f o l
lowing type.
Ex. /y a sh6n ta wyel (yinam}/
'he accompanies (h is w ife) in sleep ' = 'he sleep s with
(h is w if e ) ', /yinam / i s the object of /sh d n / not of
/wdyel/ which i s derived from an in tr a n s itiv e verb

/wy/ 's le e p '.
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9 4 .3
Time phrases may be sim ple, expanded, or
complex. They are of three ty p e s,-a b so lu te , interroga
t iv e , and r e la t iv e .
a) a b so lu te: sim ple
/y d t i k / ' nowadays'
/ ?6ra/ 'now'
/wdhey/ 'yesterday*
/n d s/ 'today'
/Sd beh/ 'day a fte r tomorrw'
: expanded (p a r tic le + p a r tic le )
/ <5ra yd t i k / 'today'
/ dsta 6ra/ 'u n til now
/ 6ra na / 'today'
: complex
/y d un/ + N (in d ica tin g point of time)
e . g ., /y u un romlnko/ 'on Sunday'
/y ti un skin sdn to/ 'on A ll Saints'
b) in ter ro g a tiv e (complex): /t u <5ra/ 'when?*; /t t i / =
in ter ro g a tiv e demonstrative (pronoun).
Ex.
/ t u 6ra ya 8 t d l/ (what time he-comes) 'when i s he
coming?1
) r e la tiv e /+ t e + tu 6ra/ 'when'
Ex.
/ma hnd9 tu 6ra ya S t d l/ 'I d o n 't know when h e 's
coming.'
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9 4 .4
Location phrases are sim ple, expanded, and
complex; a b solu te, in te r r o g a tiv e, and r e la t iv e ,
a) absolute
(A) simple
/ l l 9/ 'here'
/te y / 'th ere'
/nun/ ' yonder'
(B) expanded
/IV ... i/ here
/ I V to / 'here'
/ I V n a s .. . i / 'rig h t here'
/tS y 7a / 'th ere'
/t y ... e/ 'th ere'
/t y n a s ... e / 'rig h t there'
/nun t o / 'yonder'
/r o in ... e/. 'yonder'
(C} complex
1. / t a / + noun phrase, / t a / and demonstratives are
mutually ex clu siv e so that any noun phrase begins
ing in / t e / or / h i / lo se s i t (op eration ally
speaking) when preceded by / t a /
Exs.
/y a sl6k ta s t i 7 sn7/
(pres h e-lea v es from its-m outh his-home)
'h e 's going out h is door'
/y a Stdl ta h67b e l/ 'h e 's coming from S. C ristobal'
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2. (A) or (B) + (C)
e . g ., / l i 9 to ta yut hn i / here in sid e my house
/ l i 9 ta hnd i / here in my house'
/ t6y 9a ta snd/ there in h is house
/lum to ta wijif over there on the
h ill
b) in terro g a tiv e: /b a 9/ 'where?'
Ex. /b a 9 'ay te w inike/ 'where i s the man?1
c) r e la tiv e : /+ te + b59/ where

Ex. /ma s k ilt ik te ba9 9a bclht/
/ma k iltik te ba9 9a bdht/ 'I didnt see
where he went
94.5
Purpose phrases are perhaps not a p tly
named, but th e ir structure can be described. It is
/y u 9un/ (or / - u 9un/) o f, t o , with resp ect to , f o r
+ N.
Exs.
a) / t e c9b wdkas vu9un hwin/
(the two c a ttle of-him John)
'th e two c a ttle o f John
b) /y a ndl yu9un/
' i t i s passing fo r him (h is time of trouble)
The stem / - u 9 un/ i s a noun and the tran s
la tio n i s 'o f me, you, him, us, you, them . If
/ - u 9 un/, i s 3rd person i t can govern an object
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which i s a noun phrase. I f i t i s not 3rd person,
the object i s expressed in the in fle c t io n and i t
governs no other ob ject.
/ku un/ 'fo r me1
/awu9un/ 'fo r you'
/k u u n tik / 'fo r us'
Perhaps the usage in Example (a) (/y u un
hwdn/) should be described as part of the noun
phrase expansion sin ce / t e c69b wdkas yu un hwdn/
i s a p erfect candidate for f i l l e r o f the su b ject/
object s lo t on the clause le v e l. The second usage
( b ) , however, i s d iffe r e n t and is. p aralleled by
the corresponding r e la tiv e and in terro g a tiv e con
stru ctio n s.
Interrogative; / t u un/ tu3 fyu un^) 'what for?'
i . e . , 'why? (complex)
Ex: / t u un ya kapds/ 'why are you doing it ? '
R elative: /+ te + tu un/ 'why', 'fo r what reason',
'to what end'
Ex; /ma hn9 tu un hiS ya syku9b /
(neg I-know why thus he-gets-drunk)
'I don't know why he gets drunk th at way'.
94.6
Manner and extent phrases. These answer
the questions 'in what way?' / t u t i l / 'to what ex-
ten t?' /t u y i p a l / .
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a) absolute: simple
/h iS / 'thus*
/ ?6huk/ also*
/n a s / only'
: expanded
/h ie nas/ 'ju s t t h is way
: complex
1# / t a / + a d jectiv e
/ t a lS k / 'w e ll'
/ t a ktin/ 'slow ly'
2. /s o k / + N
/so k sk^ b / 'w ith h is hand'
/s 6 k / 'w ith i t '
b) in terro g a tiv e: /tu til/ 'how?'
Ex. / t t i t i l la 9apds te a p is p le / 'how did you
make your hat?'
c) r e la tiv e : /+ te + t u t i l / 'how'
/ma toil te t u t i l ya s&/
'I don't know how i t grows'
94.7
There are certain p a r tic le s which may be
thought of as being plugged in to phrases but in
some sense not part of the structure of that phrase.
They can a lso occur in more than one phrase type,
which i s why they are described sep arately here.
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a) The p a r tic le / 9a / may occur la s t in any phrase.
I t may a lso occur between the f i r s t and second
elements of a complex noun phrase, e . g . , / t a
sp&sel 2A te snde/ in the making of h is house .
The meaning i s vague, perhaps something lik e p ast,
away .
b) The p a r tic le /s a n / ' a d d itio n a l(l y ) may occur
a fte r the main verb in a verb phrase eith e r before
or a fte r postverbal m odifiers and r e fle x iv e pro
nouns o I t may occur a fte r the numerations! element
in a noun phrase;
Exs.
/h c is san yakan/ (one ad d ition al h is foot) another
of h is f e e t
/ydn san h p o s il/ (other ad d ition al curer) 'a d if f e r
ent curer
/ t d l san / he came again
P ossib ly /s a n / can a lso f i l l the manner-extent s lo t
in clau ses.
c) The numeral expression /h td buk/ a l i t t l e b i t may
function as a marker o f extent and occur in verb

phrases immediately a fte r the verb. I t takes pre-
. cedence over / 9a /
Exs. (without tra n sla tio n )
1* /l* R l a . khcah ht49buk 9a/

.+ ext.+ ivp + ext + aspect
2. / yip kan 9u/ubuk ht9buk/
+ exc + aux-+ivp + ext
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95 Clauses
Clauses in general are made up of phrases and
in d ividu al words. They have the follow in g
s lo t s : optional in tr o d u c e r !I), op tional su b ject/ob ject
( S /0 ) , optional manner-extent (M), optional time (T ),
optional lo ca tio n (L ), optional purpose (P), obligatory
predicate (TP, IP, SP). Clauses may be typed both on
the b a sis o f the introducers and of the p red ica tes.
In terms of introducers there are two main clause
ty p es, independent and dependent. Independent clauses,
may be divided in to those th at have the introducer s lo t
f i l l e d and those th a t do not. Dependent clau ses may
be divided in to those that have r e la tiv e introducers
and those that have n o n -relative introducers.
In terms of p red icates, clauses may be typed
as t r a n s it iv e , in tr a n s itiv e , and s t a t iv e . The f i r s t
two have two subtypes each and the la s t has four.
9 5.1
The nucleus of a clause i s an obligatory pre
d ic a te . There are three predicate typ es, with subtypes,
a) In tr a n sitiv e predicate s lo t f i l l e d by in tr a n s itiv e
verb phrase.
Subtype l ) a c tiv e . General clause formula:
+ I + IP: ivpact + S + T + L + M+ P
Subtypes 2) p a ssiv e. General clause formula:
+ + IP: ivp + S + Agent + T +L + M + P

- rpass - - . - - -
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The Agent s lo t , which i s p eculiar to t h is type
o f clause may be f i l l e d by a noun phrase (N), a noun
phrase preceded by / t a / (ta + N)., or a noun phrase'pre-

ceded by /y u un/ (yu9un + N).
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b) T ransitive predicate s lo t f i l l e d by t r a n s itiv e verb
phrase.
Subtype 1) a c tiv e .
A. general. General clause formula:
+ I + S + TP: t vp + O + T + L + M f P
B. in d ir e c t (predicate s lo t f i l l e d by t r a n s it
iv e verb with in d ir e c t object s u f f i x ) .
General formula:
+ I + S + TP: tvpin d ir+ dO + iO + T + L +M +P
Subtype 2) r e fle x iv e (predicate s lo t f i l l e d by r e fle x iv e
verb phrase)
A. general. General clause formula:
+ I + S +' TP: tv p r e f l + T + L + M + P
B. in d ir e c t. General clause formula:
+ I + S + TP: tvpr e f l +i0 + T + L + M+ P
c) S ta tiv e predicate s lo t f i l l e d by Noun phrase. Adjective
phrase, Verbal A djective phrase, or I n f le c t ib le p a r tic le .
Subtype 1) f i l l e d by noun phrase (N). Plural of a
possessed object i s never marked, being s p e c ifie d by
the s ta tiv e endings which occur in th ese clause typ es.
Ex. ,/w ln ik on / (man-I am) 'I am a man'
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Subtype 2) f i l l e d by a d jectiv e phrase. Adjective
phrases are sim ila r to the m odification s lo t in the
noun phrase, except th at herefVl^ does not occur with
that subclass o f a d jectiv es with which i t occurs in
the m odification s lo t . The expansion i s a lso s lig h t ly
d iffe r e n t.
Formula: + Mod: adj/lom + H : Aj gtat:ve
In the m odification s lo t in the a d jectiv e phrase, ad
j e c tiv e s , as w ell as the p a r tic le /lom / may occur,
lim ited or modifying the meaning of the head a d jectiv e,
Exs. /nAht* tujâhtik/
(long extended) i t i s extended lengthw ise'
/& in at/
( lit t le - y o u are)'you are sm all'
Subtype 3) f i l l e d by verbal a d je c tiv e .
Formula: + Hy + H; a j g ta tiv e
Exs.
/tA lem / (having come-he is ) 'he has come'
/ 9ay tAlem/
Subtype 4) f i l l e d by in f le c t ib le p a r tic le
Formula: + H: ip s ta tlv e
The most frequently occurring p a r tic le s o f the type ^re
/h ie / 'th u s ', / 94y/ 'e x is t in g ', /yAk/ 'being in the a c t/
process o f ' .
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d) The general formula fo r a s ta tiv e clause i s
+ I + SP + S ( i f SP i s M ) + I + L + M+ P
A lo c a tio n s lo t does not occur in a s ta tiv e clause
u n less the p a rtic le / ^y/ i s the p re d ic a te . If
th e dem onstrative p a r tic le /hi?/ occurs in a s ta tiv e

clau se, i t i s axiom atically defined as being th e
p re d ic a te .
e) S ta tiv e p redicates are su ffix ed (at th e end) with
a f fix e s in two p o sitio n s. In the f i r s t p o sitio n

su b ju n ctive1
(mood) an3 '' 2nd p e r s . , uk3 subjunctive
1 s t, 3rd p e r s . ; in the second p o sitio n (person
and number) are ton^ I am , tat^ 'you (sin g .)
a r e 1, 6^1 3rd pers. s in g . , otik3 we a re ,
test) you (p i.) a re , tikg*) they a re . The a ffix e s
in the f i r s t p o sitio n are o p tio n a l, those in the
second p o sitio n are o b ligatory.
f) S ta tiv e p red icates are negatived in two ways. a)
/ma ba/ + s ta tiv e predicate ( 'in d ic a t iv e ); b)
I /ma/ + s ta tiv e predicate in subjunctive lieod.
Exs.
1, /ma ba 16k/ ' i t ' s not good'
2. /ma l6kuk/ i t ' s not good'
95.2
In addition to the predicate types d is
cussed above (and the clause types that are th eir
R eproduced w ith pe rm issio n o f the cop yrig ht ow ner. F urthe r rep rod uction prohibited w ith o u t perm ission.
expansions) there i s a clau se type of which the
nucleus or predicate is an in tr a n s itiv e verb or
p a r tic le , and th e complement o f the verb i s a
phrase o f the type / t a / + un. In clau ses of th is
type a l l verbal nouns derived, from tr a n s itiv e
verbs are possessed 3rd sin g , and a l l the verbal
nouns derived from tr a n s itiv e verbs are unpossessed.
The general formula o f t h is clau se types ~
+ I + S + P + ta + vn + L + T + M + P
I f vn i s from tv then vn can be expanded as

+vnnnae
poss +
- N (poss -+ N .. . . )
Exs;
iv / <58 ta Spdstayel/ 'he enters in to the curing
of ( i t ) '
iv /lfh k ta ydhtayel/ 'he begins the counting
of ( i t )
p / y i k ta sb6hel (skL )/ 'he i s in the act of
cu ttin g o f (h is co rn field )'
p /yk ta .i t e l / 'he i s in the act of
working'
95.3
The su b ject/o b ject s lo t i s divided in to
subject o f in tr a n s itiv e verb (Sj ) , subject of
t r a n s itiv e verb iS^ ) , d irect object o f tr a n s itiv e
verb (dOt v )j in d irect object of t r a n s itiv e verb
(iOt v ) . A ll have id e n tic a l stru ctu res. This s lo t
may be f i l l e d by a noun phrase (N), a personal
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pronoun, a demonstrative pronoun, or a dependent
clau se.
Subtype 1) f i l l e d by a noun phrase
Subtype 2) f i l l e d by a personal pronoun. There are
several types of personal pronouns.
A. independent personal pronouns 93 (a)
/h 6 on/ ' I , me , /h d a t / you ( s i n g .) , /h /
'3rd p ers. 3 in g .1
/h d t ik / we, u s ', /h d eS / 'you ( p i . ) ' , /hd ik /
'th ey , them
. Exs.
/h o on ya hpdstayat/
(I pres I-cure-you) 'I w ill cure you'
/ 5l; bon hd on/
(g iv e-m e-it me) 'g iv e i t to me'
B. emphatic personal pronoun i s /t u k e l/ in fle c te d
as a noun 93 ( c) . Meaning '(b y) o n e s e lf ,
'o n e s e lf alone'
Ex. / l a hpfis h ttik el/ 'I did i t m yself'
C. independent personal pronoun + emphatic

personal pronoun may occur together as a
complex s lo t f i l l e r
Ex. /h o on htiikel la hp6s wdhey/
' I m yself did i t yesterday'
D. in terro g a tiv e personal pronoun /md&a/ 'who?'-
Ex. /y a h i 6 hpdSil, t e mdca ya snd pdStayel/
(I~seek curer who he-knows curing)

'I'm looking for a curer who knows how
?
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to cure
Subtype 3) f i l l e d by demonstrative pronoun; three
typ es.
A. absolute
/h a H i / 't h is one, th ese'
/h a 9 i l e / 'th at one, th ose'
Exs.
/h a 9 l i lom nht/ 'th a t one i s very long'
/y a hkdntik ha9 i l e / 'we want th at one'
B. in terro g a tiv e
/ t u t i / , /tu ta /, / tu ta /, /t u / 'what?'
Ex. /tiS ti ya k apW 'what are you doing?'
C. r e la tiv e
/+ t e + t d t i / e t c . 'w hat', 'th a t which*
/ t e tr iti ya sicln, ha9 t e p6e/ 'what he
wants i s liq u or' (that which he wants,
that-'s liquor)
Subtype 4) f i l l e d by a dependent clau se. Any
dependent clause (except those introduced by
Icdlal, yu9un) w ill function iisither as the subject
or the object o f the independent to which i t i s
adjacent.
95.4 Adverbial S lo ts l ^
a) The time s lo t may be f i l l e d by
1. a time phrase (95.3)
; 2. a noun phrase of the follow in g type:
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t/hiSn dhlcubal/ '( f o r th e space of) one n ig h t

/ 6e kdhal/ '( f o r ) th re e days
3, a dependent clause introduced by /& 4 la l/ 'w h ile, when
b) The lo ca tio n s lo t i s f i l l e d by a lo ca tio n phrase (94,4)
c) The purpose s lo t i s f i l l e d by
1. a purpose phrase (9^,5)
2. a dependent clause introduced by /y u w i/ because
d) The manner s lo t i s f i l l e d by
1. a manner or extent phrase (94.6)
2. an a d jec tiv e (u nin flected)
e . g . , /ld k / in a good way, w e ll
/t d la n / 'hard, d i f f i c u l t ' '
/fclnkun/ l i t t l e b y . l i t t l e '
9 5.5 Introducer S lot
There are two main types o f in trod ucers, independent and
dependent, each of which has two subtypes,
a) independent
1. in te rro g a tiv e
/me/ (marks a question)
/ t i me / (marks a question)
2. n o n -in te rro g ativ e
/h a yd un + t e / th erefo re ( i t i s for t h is
reason t h a t . . . . )
/ entdnse/ so, then'

/p o rd so / th e re fo re '
R eproduced w ith perm ission o f the cop yrig ht ow ner. F urthe r rep rod uction pro hibited w ith o u t perm ission.
b) dependent
1. r e la tiv e
/ teme/ i f , whether'
/ie lla l + tim e, me/ 'when, w h ile1
/m e/ ' i f , whether
2. general
/yti un + t e / 'because'
/+ t e + k d lal + t e / 'when, w hile'
/ t e . . . + e (at end o f c la u s e )/ 'that*
95.6
Coordinators can join any two or more
str u c tu r a lly p a r a lle l item s, i . e . , word and word, phrase
and phrase, clause and clau se.
/m e/ or* /m e/ .../m e / a) ' e i t h e r .. . or'
/? o / 'o r' b) ' i s i t . . . or i s it ? '
/s o k / 'and'
/ !/ 'and'
/ p lr o / 'but'
Exs.
/me s ik mek iS in / ' i s i t cold or i s i t hot?'
/me ya akin wlhme k lsla n wh/ 'do you want to r
t i l l a s or bread?'
/y a h&ln ?lim sok Isk a l sok wlh sok tdmut/
' I want corn and :?r avr sugar and t o r t i l l a s and eggs.'
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9 5 .7
Just as on the phrase le v e l th ere are p a r tic le s
whose p o sitio n can b est be defined with respect to a
whole phrase, so on the clause le v e l there are several
p a r tic le s whose p o sitio n can be described in an analogous
manner.
a) The p a r tic le / l a h / f so they say occurs second in a
clause i f / t e / (demonstrative, r e la tiv e ) i s not counted
as f i l l i n g a space. I t may a lso occur in the verb
phrase ( i f t h is i s not f i r s t in the clause) i f i t a lso
occurs in th e preceding su b ject, or i f the subject i s
se t o f f from the verb by 'commas .
b) The p a r tic le s /m e/ 'im p era tiv e', / t o / ' s t i l l , y e t ' , and
/wan/ 'perhaps' occur in p red icates and th e ir p o sitio n
i s second no matter what the f i r s t word i s . I f more
than one o f th ese i s p resen t, /m e/ precedes a l l
oth ers, and / t o / precedes /w an/.
Exs. iv /ma me S dwunat/ 'd on't y e l l ! '
tv /ma me>5|wuton/ 'd on 't t e l l me th a t!'
sy /&inat t o / 'you're s t i l l sm allI
c) The e n c lit ic p a r tic le / / - i S / / already' may occur w ith
any p red icatet r a n s it iv e , in tr a n s itiv e , or s ta t iv e .
With a tr a n s itiv e or in tr a n s itiv e predicate i t i s
attached to the main verb. With a s t a t iv e predicate i t
follow s d ir e c tly on th e subject a f f ix e s .
R epro duce d w ith perm ission o f the cop yrig ht ow ner. F urthe r rep rod uction prohibited w ith o u t perm ission.
I
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d) The p a r tic le //{in / (meaning vague) may begin a clause,
fo llo w the la s t member o f a phrase, or fo llo w the f i r s t
part o f a complex noun phrase. I f both /l a h / and /^ in /
occur, / l a h / takes precedence.
9.5.8
I t might be expected th at there would be certain
order properties assign ab le to the various s lo t s in a
cla u se. I can only make the most general observations
about Introducers, Subjects, Objects, and P redicates.
a) Introducers always come f i r s t .
b) The subject of an in tr a n s itiv e clause u su ally follow s
the pred icate.
c) The subject o f a tr a n s itiv e clause may e ith e r precede
or fo llo w i t .
d) The object o f a tr a n s itiv e clause u su a lly follow s the
predicate; i f the subject a lso fo llo w s th e p red icate,
i t u su a lly follow s the object as w e l l .
e) In s ta tiv e clauses dem onstratives, when they occur,
come f i r s t (except for in trod u cers), and are the pre
d ic a te .
The r e la tiv e p o sitio n s of the Time, Manner, Pur
pose, and Location s lo t s cannot be described y e t. It is
probably gen era lly true that sub jects and ob jects are
c lo s e s t to the predicate and that th ese remaining s lo t s
occur to the l e f t and rig h t o f sub jects and o b jects when
the la t t e r are present.
There can never be more than one introducer or
one p red icate in a cla u se. However, the su b ject/o b ject
s lo t may be f i l l e d by two noun phrases in app osition, e . g . ,
/ h t i n ernSnteSjte h55raele/ Agustin Herndndez, the sick
man . The number o f tim es the Time, Location, Manner, and
Purpose s lo t s may each be represented in a clause i s pro
bably not lim ited to one and probably not exceeded by th ree.
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A.B. (U n iv er sity o f Chicago) 1959

Submitted in p a r tia l s a tis fa c tio n of the requirements fo r the degree of

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Deposited in the U n iversity Library, a t Berkeley, ............................................................

12 The P osition o f T zelta l . . "2

13 Format of the Grammar. . . . . . . 4

21 Introduction andD e f i n it io n s .................................... 5

27 D istrib u tio n s of Foreign Phonemes . . .14

28 I D istrib u tio n s of Phonemes in General . . .15

29 P a ra lin g u istic Features .......................................... 17

20A Minimal P a ir s................................................................... 18

34 Morphophonemic Rules . . . . *24

35 Vowel Reduction ........................................................83

36 D istrib u tio n s of Morphophonems . . *35

41 D efin itio n s . . . . ....................................... 38

43 Types o f Morphemes .................................................. 39

46 Canonical Shapes of Morpnemes . . . . 46

48 Morphology: Desinence Formation . . . . 48

51 D erivation by A ffixation ......................................... 50

52 D erivation by Compounding ................................. 146

60 The Structure o f N u m e r a l s ...................................... 150

62 Numeral P h r a s e s ......................................... 153

63 D istrib u tio n o f ta 158

64 S p e cific Numeral C la s sifie r s ................................. 159

68 Order Properties of NumeralPhrases . . . 164

69 Syntactic Functions of Numeral Phrases . . 166

72 I n fle c tio n a l Categories . . . . . 174

91 I n tr o d u c tio n ..................................................................... 192

93 Syntactic WordT y p e s .......................................................194

95 Clauses ......................................... * 219

I wish to make gra tefu l acknowledgement to the f o l

lowing personsi Brent B erlin (Stanford U n iv ersity ), Mary R.

Haas (U niversity of C alifo rn ia , B erkeley), Eric P. Hamp (Univer

s it y of Chicago), David G. Hays (RAND Corporation), Nicholas

(Berkeley), Norman A. McQuown (Chicago), Duane G. Metzger

(Stanford), A. Kimball Romney (Stanford), Harvey B. S arles,

and William F. Shipley (B erkeley). To the rewarding contacts

I have had with them t h is study owes i t s existen ce and present

form. Their contributions are too numerous and varied to

allow sp e c ific a tio n ; they involve tra in in g in the methodology

of d escrip tiv e lin g u is t ic s , providing the environment fo r

research, and serving as in terlo cu to rs in the reso lu tio n of

an alytic problems. Their frien d ly encouragement i s deeply

At various tim es since the beginning of my work on

T ze lta l I have been employed by the Anthropology Research

department o f Stanford U n iversity, and the L in g u istics

department of the U n iversity o f C alifornia at Berkeley.

I have received research funds from the National

Science Foundation, and from the National I n s titu te of Mental

The machine tr a n sla tio n project o f the RAND Corp

oration has provided concordances of a large corpus of tex tu a l

m aterials, which has made the task of assembling a vocabulary

and analyzing syntax an e a sie r one.

12 The Genetic and Geographical P osition of T zelta l

T z e lt a l.is a member of the Mayan fam ily of lan

guages, which includes about twenty other languages in

Mexico, Guatemala, and B r itish Honduras. I t i s spoken by

about 100,000 Indians liv in g in the State of Chiapas, Mexico.