Ye'kwana: function of ñöödö? (ctoyude-010b)

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Data on apparent discontinuous NPs in the Cariban family

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Ye'kwana: function of ñöödö? (ctoyude-010b) #64

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fmatter commented 1 year ago

'who (was) [this grandfather of theirs]'?

(ctoyude-010b) Ye’kwana (Cáceres Arandia 2021)

¿önökü ñöödö chaamutonkomo?  
önökü ñöödö i-tamu-0-tomo=komo        
quién DEMan 3-abuelo-POSS.3-PL.ANIM=PL  
pro   pro   n                         
‘quien era el abuelo de ellos’

SpikeGildea commented 1 year ago

Must be a determiner on 'abuelo' because it is singular and "distant" (since it is past tense)