Re: The "If you call me insane again..." page, at long last!

> "If you call me insane again I'll eat your other eye!"
In Tokana, this would be:

  Aun niokta'u taksa' me ia tsumpatinmu, ma iasat iap innaku

Here, <a'> should really be an <a> with an accent mark over it.  The
interlinear:

  aun niokt-a-a=u             taks-a-a
  if  do.again-NP-DEP=you(NA) call-NP-Dep

  me      ia   tsumpatinm-u
  me(ABS) QUOT unbalanced-NZN

  ma     ias-a=t         iap   inna=ku
  I(NOM) eat-NP=the(ABS) other eye=your(NA)

ABS - absolutive
DEP - dependent order
NA - non-absolutive
NOM - nominative
NP - non-past tense
NZN - nominalizing suffix
QUOT - quotative particle

This is literally, "If you repeat calling me 'unbalanced one', I eat your other
eye".

The dependent order is a special verb form used in subordinate clauses,
including "if" clauses and the complements of verbs like _niokta_ "return,
recur; repeat".  The quotative particle is used to introduce an epithet or
direct quotation.  It is used with verbs like _taksa_ "call, name" to introduce
the name itself.

Matt.