602 10 Clitics'he rode away', emphasizing the ablative 'from here' rather than the precise
direction or goal).
Just as the Centripetal can, in some contexts, suggest that an action is
directed toward 1st or (nearby) 2nd person, the Centrifugal in the same
contexts can suggest action directed to a distant third party (664).(664) kannae-mast-Yin ί-dfar i-daev
make.LoImpfP-2FePl.Imprt-\Centrif Pl-cushion.cover Prox-Anaph
'Make-FePl some of those pillow covers (for him/her)!'More examples of the Centrifugal are in the preceding and following
sections.
10.2.3 Further Centripetal/Centrifugal oppositions
Certain pairs, either with the same verb stem or with antonyms, regularly use
Centrip and Centrif, respectively, to indicate (or reinforce) motion toward
'here' (by extension, possession or consciousness), versus motion away from
'here'.
Both 'buy' and 'sell' are based on the causative of -vnsu- 'be sold, be
traded', namely -s-vnsu- (dialectally -z-vnsu-). With Centrip -\add the sense is
'buy', with Centrif -\hln the sense is 'sell'.
(665) a. azz-ans-asrAadd
Caus-be.sold.PerfP-lSgS-\Centrip
Ί bought.' [K-d]
b. azz-ans-aer-Vin
Caus-be. sold.PerfP-1 SgSACentrif
Ί sold.' [K-d]'Forget' is (PerfP) -attawa- plus Centrif -\hin. The antonym 'remember'
is -vktu- plus Centrip -\add.
(666) a. t-attswae-d-Vm
2S-forget.PerfP-2SgS-\Centrif
'You-Sg forgot'
b. kattae-n-\add
remember.LoImpfP-3MaPlS-\Centrip
'They remember (regularly).'