jeff_l
(Jeff_L)
#1
12.1 Relativization 641
other 'when ...' constructions see §13.1.1.1, and for semantically overlapping
conditionals see §13.9.
(741) a. [ed n-taett],
[when 1 PIS -eat.LoImpfP],
aglu-n-et ara-tasn
go.ShImpf-3MaPlS-Hort child-MaPl
'When we eat, may the children go away!' [K-d]
b. [ed tasttae-nset ded-en],...
[when eat.LoImpfP-3FePlS woman-FePl],
'When the women eat,...' [K-d]
[ed i-ksa], ad 0-aens
[when 3MaSgS-eat.Reslt], Fut 3MaSgS-lie.down.ShImpf
'When(-ever) he has eaten, he'll lie down.' [K-d]
[ed-\taen i-ja ae-welaen]
[when-\3MaP10 3MaSgS-do.Reslt Sg-hot.season]
ant-aen-ed ald-n e-baett
3MaPl ' have.Reslt-3MaPlS Sg-low.ground
'When the hot season happens to them, as for them, they have
a low flat area (that they use for pasture).'
Μ [edAdar-ss sttaer-aev] e-laerjkaew
Μ [when-\in-3Sg seek.Reslt-lSgS] Sg-garment
[a-\hi t-aenn...]
[Fut-USgDat 3FeSgS-say.ShImpf...]
'M (woman's name), when(-ever) I seek a garment from her,
she will say to me: ...' [K]
(741.a-b,e) show the operation of ablaut and accent modifications that are
normal in definite relatives, cf. -tdtt- 'eat.LoImpfP'. The fact that the d of ed
does not disappear when a clitic is added (741.d) indicates that d is not the
Comitative clitic -\d, though this needs to be verified for each dialect. It seems
likely that ed is contracted from e-daegg 'place'. See end of §12.1.4 for a
relative with e-daegg in unreduced form.
12.1.6.5 'until the time (when)...' (har iket i)
In (742), ablaut modifications (cf. regular LoImpfP -jarraew- 'obtain') again
show that a definite relative clause is at hand. Here the clause begins with har
'until', plus a noun iket that has various senses elsewhere but can be used in
the sense '(have) just' (§13.6.6) as a clause-initial particle on its own. Here I
