720 16 Text[w-ά η ae-naes-bahu]
[Ma-Dem.Sg Poss Sg-Agent-lying]
'That midget there went to the water, in order to pour it back and forth
(between containers), until the lying man grew weary (=impatient).'
['water' always MaPl, purposive clause with initial y omitted §13.2.1,
causative of reciprocal of causative with distributive-iterative sense
§8.1.9, i-ldces is phonetic [eld...] as the I passively transmits the
backing-lowering effect to the preceding vowel §3.1.2.2](930) i-ss-astaen-\t l-nna-\0-s
3MaSgS-Caus-ask.PerfP-\3MaSgO 3MaSgS-say.PerfP-\Dat-3Sg
kaeyy i-daer
2MaSg Dem-Anaph
ma-\s [0-z-im-z-3Zzir-sed am-an]
what?-\Instr [2S-Caus-Recip-Caus-pour.Reslt-2SgS water-MaPl]
'He (=lying man) questioned him, saying: "you there, why are you
pouring the water back and forth?'"
['why?' §12.3.7, causative of reciprocal of causative with distributive-
iterative sense §8.1.9]
(931) 0-aezewaeb-\a-s l-nna-\0-s
3MaSgS-reply.PerfP-\Dat-3Sg 3MaSgS-say.PerfP-\Dat-3Sg
arhe-γ [a-\d z-amm-azlay-aer]
want.Reslt-lSgS [DemAComit Caus-Recip-separate.Shlmpf-lSgS]
[w-1 η aenhad] [ad w-1 η t-eney],
[Ma-Dem.Pl Poss last.year] [Comit Ma-Dem.Pl Poss Fe-this.year]
t-azzar
3FeSg-be.first.Reslt
[a-\ksey-\in s-äesw-aer]
[Comit-\2MaSgO-\Centrif Caus-drink.Shlmpf- lSgS]
'He (=midget) answered him, saying to him: "I want to separate this
(water) of last year from this (water) of this year, before I give you
(some) to drink.'
['want' plus complement clause §13.3.1, 'before' §13.1.1.4]
(932) ras l-nna-\0-s [zeyy am-an]
only 3MaSgS-say.PerfP-\Dat-3Sg [leave.Imprt water-MaPl]
[t-atkal-sed t-e-rewi-t-t]
[2Sg-pick.up.ShImpf-2SgS Fe-Sg-cord-Fe-FeSg]
d "ae-kaebar
Comit Sg-milk.bucket
[t-akka-d e-baevaew en]
[2S-go.to.ShImpf-2SgS Sg-bull Dist]
0-z-uzaj -aed-\ad-\dar-as
2S-Caiis-milk.ShImpf-2SgS-\Centrip-\in-3Sg