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(917) aehönas-n [daer 'ae-hasd],
move.out.PerfP-3MaPlS [in Sg-night]
'They moved out at night.'
[/cehonce-cen/ with W-Contraction §3.2.3.3, for penultimate accent cf.
cemtcellce-n in (67) in §3.3.1.3]
(918) [wsr-bdd oyye-n] ar
[NegACentrip leave.PerfN-3MaPlS] except
anta d "ae-masdray-annet
3Sg with Sg-younger.sib-3SgPoss
[deer "ae-hasn], d ülli-naesasn,
[in Sg-house], with goats-3MaPlPoss
'They left no-one, except him (=midget) and his younger brother, in
the house, along with their goats.'
['not any ... except X' = 'only X' §11.3.1, PerfN ablaut vowel e in
oyye-n as suffix up to its first consonant is counted in ablaut domain
§3.2.3.3 and §3.4.5.4]
(919) 1-nsa 1-ttaes
3MaSgS-go.to.bed.PerfP 3MaSgS-sleep(Vds).PerfP
'He (=midget) lay down and slept.'
(920) [waer-\t-\3dd Ί-ss-aqkser] ar
[Neg-\3MaSgO-Centrip 3MaSgS-Caus-wake.PerfN] except
asssaelam-aen η ^ae-hdbs w-a
greeting-MaPl Poss Sg-man Ma-Dem.Sg
η "ae-naes-bahu-\dd 0-osa-n
Poss Sg-Agent-lying-\Centrip 3MaSgS-come.Reslt-Partpl.MaSg
[y a-\d l-wst ulli]
[Dat DemAComit 3MaSgS-hit.ShImpf goats]
'He was awakened by (lit. was not awakened except by) the greetings
of the lying man, who had come in order to lead away the goats.'
[syntactically, f^1 ce-hdhs w-ά η ]ce-nces-bahu], though denoting a
well-established discourse reference, functions as the internal head of
an indefinite relative, and is therefore followed by a clitic and an
unreduced Resultative participle, § 12.1; purposive clause §13.2.1]
(921) l-kbael-\a-s Vmaknud sessaslam,
3MaSgS-catch.PerfP-\Dat-3Sg Sg-midget greeting
'The midget returned his greeting.'
[verb-subject-object constituent order §9.1.1, with Prefix Reduction on
the subject §3.5.1 ]