Re: Dropping from the root

On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Marcus Smith wrote:

> Jesse S. Bangs wrote:
>
> >dirk elzinga sikayal:
> >
> > > Other SUA languages that I can find which show truncation are
> > > (besides Tepiman, which includes Pima, Papago, Pima Bajo, and
> > > the Tepehuan languages) Tarahumara and Nahuatl. In Tarahumara,
> > > it seems to be the final CV which drops off:
> > >
> > >         rahini     raha -re
> > >         burn    >  burn -PAST
> > >         'burns'    'burned'
> >
> >Providing the counterexample to the assertion that a truncated form cannot
> >take further affixes?
>
> Unless that tense marker is a clitic, that would clinch it.
I found a Papago example as well:

        es. 'is/was planting' (s. is s with an underdot)
        e-i 'planted'

I don't know what the -i is, but is clearly attached to the
truncated root. Are there any -i's in Pima?

Dirk

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Dirk Elzinga                          dirk.elzinga@m.cc.utah.edu

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