Akawaio: transitive verb with only PPs in the clause?

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Data on apparent discontinuous NPs in the Cariban family

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Akawaio: transitive verb with only PPs in the clause? #45

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fmatter commented 1 year ago

How do the two postpositional phrases fit with a transitive verb?

(ra-personal-narrative-200) Akawaio (Caesar-Fox 2003)

serubö rö pömïi rö, pumpkin rubö rö pömïuya  
serö rubö rö    pïmïi  rö    rubö rö    pömï-u-ya  
this like Emph  pepper Emph  like Emph  plant-1-Erg  
Pro  P    Prtcl N      Prtcl P    Prtcl Vt         
‘Because I plant things like pepper and pumpkin’