Deinau comparatives
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Deinau's comparatives are formed with a series of transitive verbs that show the degree of comparison.
·Ŋímelzikip spúunig an uùṣŋag eẓuta.
·ŋí-melzik-p
CLClassifier
quantifies and/or replaces nouns-steel-ERGErgative (case)
TRANS subject; agent.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.DEFDefinite
"the" s-púuni-g
CLClassifier
quantifies and/or replaces nouns-feather-ERGErgative (case)
TRANS subject; agent.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.INDFIndefinite
a nonspecific referent an
POSSPossessive (case)
owns, has.CLClassifier
quantifies and/or replaces nouns.3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee ù-aṣuŋ-ag
NMZNominaliser
makes other word a noun-heavy-NMZNominaliser
makes other word a noun.OBLOblique (argument)
indirect or demoted object eẓu-ta
3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.exceed-IPFVImperfective (aspect)
'interrupted or incomplete'
Steel is heavier than feathers.
To form superlatives the verbs xx and yy are nominalized and then are turned into predicates.
·Ŋimelzik ùuṣŋag eẓugduta.
·ŋi-melzik
CLClassifier
quantifies and/or replaces nouns-steel.ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.DEFDefinite
"the" ù-aṣuŋ-ag
NMZNominaliser
makes other word a noun-heavy-NMZNominaliser
makes other word a noun.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient eẓu-g-du-ta
3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.exceed-NMZNominaliser
makes other word a noun-PREDPredicative
expressions typically following a copula-IPFVImperfective (aspect)
'interrupted or incomplete'
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