426 7 Verbal morphology(431.a-b) illustrate the uses of the PerfP (as opposed to the more usual
Resit). In a relative construction meaning 'a few X's\ the PerfP occurs in
(431.a). The quantified-over noun is the source of subject agreement, but the
actual noun is treated accentually as an adjunct rather than being part of the
accentual phrase with the verb. In (431.b), we have a subject relative
(participle).(431) a. α 51as-naet ulli
Dem have.PerfP-3FeSgS goats
'a few goats'b. naekk-aen-ed t-i-jaeraek-en
1P1 ' Fe-Pl-cloud-FePl
a-Vha-nasY 1-lae-n
Dem-\Dat-lPl 3MaSgS-have.PerfP-Partpl.MaSg
ant-aen-aet-ed a-\daegg n-skka
3FePl ' Foc-\under lPlS-go.Reslt
'(As for) us, the clouds (are) what has (=controls) us, it's them
(=clouds) [focus] that we go under.'The VblN of 'have' is t-ala 'possessing; possessions, wealth'.
For more on possessive predications, see §9.4.7.3.2.14 'do'(^j)This verb is the only light V-final verb of basic shape -vCu- (with no cluster)
that has a full set of stems. As always, A-grm has g instead of j.
(432) 'do'a. perfective system
PerfP -aja-, -ja-
Reslt -sja-, -ja-
PerfN -aja-, -ja-b. short imperfective system
Shlmpf /-aeji-/
Imprt sejc. long imperfective system
LoImpfP -t-djj- (/-t-djjA-/) (3MaPl t-ajjae-n)
LoImpfN -t-ajj- (/-t-ajji-/) (3MaPl t-sjja-n)
Prohib -t-aejj- (/-t-aejj A-/)