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Data on apparent discontinuous NPs in the Cariban family
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Akawaio: missing first person inclusive #48

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fmatter commented 1 year ago

I'm surprised at the lack of a 1PL in pïze a wöng; is that normal?

(ra-piya-ma-story-032) Akawaio (Caesar-Fox 2003)

ö'rö, pïze a wöng möröwenai pöröu gonegazak tok a es'pï, tok pïre, pöröu.  
ö'rö pïze      ya  wönö mörö wenai   pöröu gonega-zak tok ya  eji-'pï tok pïre  pöröu
what this.Anim Erg kill that because arrow make-Perf  3Pl Erg be-Past 3Pl arrow arrow  
N    Pro       P   Vt   Dem  P       N     Vt         Pro P   Vi      Pro N     N    
‘"What? this one will kill us!" For this reason, they had made an arrow, their arrow, an arrow.’