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Data on apparent discontinuous NPs in the Cariban family
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Ye'kwana: participle modifying noun? ctoabjpic-092 #55

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fmatter commented 1 year ago

What is the copula participle tüweiye's job here, and how does it relate to yanwaa 'man'?

(ctoabjpic-092) Ye’kwana (Cáceres Arandia 2021)

Tüweiye yeichaame yanwa, ajo'jonño. Ajo'jo seweiche aneija, yanwa.  
tüw-ei-e            i-w-ei-taame           yanwaa ajo'jo-nño  ajo'jo seweiche aneija yanwaa
PTCP.INTR-COP-PTCPe 3S-INTR-COP-aunque     hombre grande-AUG? grande rojo     otro   hombre  
adv                 pers-pref.v-v.i.a-ptc? n      ad-suf.n    ad     ad       n      n     
‘There is also a large male. Another one is red, male.’
fmatter commented 1 year ago

That's actually the predicate