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The phonology and morphology of Filomeno Mata Totonac

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97) kimaqtaqa"níi<br />

/kin-maqtaqal-nii-aa/<br />

1OBJ-care.for.it-DAT-IMPF<br />

‘he takes care <strong>of</strong> her for me’<br />

98) kinc%íini m pas%ni&<br />

/kin-c"íi-nii-li& pas"ni&/<br />

1OBJ-tie.it-DAT-PFTV<br />

‘he tied the pig up for me’<br />

99) kuc%iiníi<br />

/kuc"ii-nii-aa/<br />

cure-DAT-IMPF<br />

‘he cures her for him’<br />

100) "kuyuuníin<br />

/#ku-ii-nii-ni&-li&/<br />

burn-TRAN-DAT-2OBJ-PFTV<br />

‘he burned your (papers)’<br />

Examples 101 <strong>and</strong> 102 show that the dative is used in the same way to mark a 3 rd -person object<br />

on a transitive verb made ditransitive by causativization.<br />

101) kimaaliimíni<br />

/kin-maa-lii=min-nii-li&/<br />

1OBJ-CAUS-bring-DAT-PFTV<br />

‘he made me bring it’<br />

102) maaki"t"iniiyáan<br />

/maa-ki#tli-nii-aa-ni&/<br />

CAUS-sing-DAT-IMPF-2OBJ<br />

‘he makes you sing it’<br />

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