Mangiat wrote:
> nic-qua in nacatl
> 1s-eat * meat
>
> (where * is some sort of object mark or a determiner, perhaps) and:
>
> ni-naca-qua
> 1s-meat-eat
>
> Makes sense?
My guess would be that the {c} in _nicqua in nacatl_ is an applicative:
ni-c- qua in naca-tl
1s-applicative-eat (oblique case marker) meat-(absolutive?)
Ni-naca-qua
1s-meat-eat
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