jeff_l
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6.5 Spatial prepositions 285
Only daw is used in T-ka and T-md before pronominal suffixes (284).
(284) Pronominal Paradigm of daw 'under'
person Sg PI
1 daw-i, daw-ev daw-naev
2Ma daw-ak däw-waen
2Fe daw-am daw-kmaet
3Ma daw-as daw-sasn
3Fe tt daw-snaet
For K-f I recorded lSg daw-i, 2MaSg daw-ak, and 3Sg daw-as as in T-ka,
but plurals based on dawa-: 1P1 dawa-naer. 3MaPl dawa-ssaen (or daw-saen).
For the dialects of I (=Imenas) and R, the form is dawa- before Sg as well
as PI pronominals: 3Sg dawa-s, 1P1 dawä-naev, 2MaPl dawä-wwaen.
However, dawa- reduces to daw- before lSg -i, so daw-i 'under me' is
general in the region. For A-grm we get daeww- before pronominals as before
nouns: 3Sg daeww-as.
(285) a. t-a-daewal-t t-a andarrae-t,
Fe-Sg-nanny.goat-FeSg Fe-Dem.Sg small-Partpl.FeSg,
t-a-\dagg i-ll-\e "ae-raeyd
Fe-Dem.Sg-\under 3MaSg-exist-\3MaSgO Sg-goat.kid
Ά young nanny-goat, under whom there is a goat kid'
b. t-aqqas-asv [daw ""t-as-yaettuf-t]
LoImpf-dig.LoImpfP-lsgS [under Fe-Sg-termitary-FeSg]
kllo-taen [n attaeram]
kilo-MaPl [Poss grain]
Ί dig out (from) under the termite mound (some) kilos of
grain.' [K]
6.5.4 'above, over' (jannaj)
The form before a noun is jannaj (often realized as jannaj), and there is no
change before a pronominal. For A-grm I recorded dannag (as in Niger
Tamajak).
With pronominal endings the forms are as shown in (286). Since this
preposition is bisyllabic, it brings out the accentual effects of PI (versus Sg)
endings.
