Datapoint Kuot / Action Nominal Constructions

Language:	Kuot
Feature:	Action Nominal Constructions by Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm
Value:	Restricted

Examples

Sentence igt-2129:

nupinap ieŋ u tie tinin u lə mur u

nupinap

dance.an

ieŋ

3f.possII.3f

u

3f

tie

there

tinin

team(f)

u

3f

lə

attr

mur

good

u

3f

‘the good dancing of that team’ (or: ‘the dancing of that good team’)

Sentence igt-2130:

Palala=tuŋ o [u nupiap ma keip mi lə gigina am].

Palala=tuŋ

be.fed.up=1sg.subj

o

3f.poss1

[u

dummy

nupiap

carry.an(f)

ma

pl.poss.1

keip

basket.nsg

mi

3pl

lə

attr

gigina

heavy

am].

pl

‘I’m fed up with carrying heavy baskets.