688 13 Clausal subordination
13.6.4 'spend the day doing' (-huji>)
Perseverance in an activity over time can be expressed using an intrinsically
durative verb such as -huju- 'spend the (mid-)day' (847). The complement,
here 'they are eating it', requires a verb compatible with duration (here
LoImpfP).
(847) ά-s-askso w-α η ukss
Sg-Instr-food Ma-Dem.Sg Poss remove.VblN
an [jatak 0-aezzar-aen-\da2r
Poss [hunger 3MaSgS-be.first.PerfP-Partpl.MaSg-\in
waer t-ahiji-n O-razzej-asn
Neg LoImpf-spend.day.LoImpfN-3MaPlS Pl-animal-MaPl
tattas-n-\t]
eat.LoImpfP-3MaPlS-\3MaSgO]
'Food for removing the first hunger in which the (livestock) animals
do not spend a long time eating it.'
13.6.5 'nearly' ('on the verge of, 'about to') and 'barely'
For T-ka and K-d, the adverb darihr (or daerov) 'nearly' is attested.
(848) a. darÜY ode-r
nearly fa'll.PerfP-lSgS
Ί nearly fell.' [T-ka]
b. dasr0r-\hl 0-aeba
nearIy-\lSgO 3MaSgS-be.lost.PerfP
Ί nearly died.' [K-d]
From the R informant I recorded a construction with invariant ehaeydaer
(which looks like a Sg noun but functions here as a particle) plus a PerfP
clause (849). When followed by an unaccented bisyllabic verb, phrasal accent
appears on the final syllable of ehaeydaer.
(849) a. ehaeydasY odas-n