Adjectival modification 209
attributively and usually occur in relative clause modifiers of nouns, as in
(130b) and (131b).
(130) a. Aba’ reya kodu ng-enom kopi cellep.
body this must AV-drink coffee cold
‘We had to drink cold coffee.’
b. Aba’ reya kodu ng-enom kopi se ce’ celleb-ba.
body this must AV-drink coffee REL very cold-DEF
‘We had to drink very cold coffee.’
(131) a. Embi' koros rowa ngekke' Ale'.
goat thin that AV.bite yngr.sibling
‘The skinny goat bit Little Brother.’
b. Embi' se koros gallu rowa ngekke' Ale'.
goat REL thin too that AV.bite yngr.sibling
‘The goat that is too skinny bit Little Brother.’
Adjectival modifiers in the intensive construction (131b) can only occur in rela-
tive clause modifiers; thus (132) is unacceptable.
(132) *Embi' koros gallu rowa ngekke' Ale'.
goat thin too that AV.bite yngr.sibling
(That too skinny goat bit Little Brother.)
Some, but not all, speakers accept intensive adjectives as attributive modifiers
outside of relative clauses in which case they directly follow the modified noun,
as in (133) and (134).
(133) Se laen mandhi, Empu Kelleng jiya ngobu kerbuy
REL different AV.iron.work Empu Kelleng this AV.raise buffalo
ce' bannya'-eng.
very many-DEF
‘Besides doing iron work, Empu Kelleng raised a lot of buffalo.’
(134) Balanda jareya ce' gendhag-ga. Dha' man-kamman lako nompa
Dutch this very arrogant-DEF to RED-where do AV.ride horse
jaran celleng ce' tenggi-na.
horse black very high-DEF
‘The Dutchman was very arrogant. He would ride wherever he wanted
on his very tall black horse.’