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Beyond Time - Linguistics - University of California, Berkeley

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(62) a. òkùsàmbìlìlà<br />

òkù-sàmb-ìlìl-à<br />

inf-bathe-intens-fv<br />

‘to bathe and become completely clean’ (ZT2006Elic89)<br />

b. ndékùtìlìlà<br />

nda-ikut-ilil-a<br />

1sg.cmpl-get.full-intens-fv<br />

‘I’m completely full’ (ZT2006Elic89)<br />

c. òkùnyàmùkìlìlà<br />

òkù-nyàmuk-ìlìl-à<br />

inf-set.<strong>of</strong>f-intens-fv<br />

‘to set <strong>of</strong>f (e.g. everybody goes)’ (ZT2009Elic99.CN)<br />

d. òkwìlìlìlà<br />

oku-i-lilil-a<br />

inf-go-intens-fv<br />

‘to go forever’ (ZT2006Elic89)<br />

Passive: -(i)w- The passive marker -w- or -iw- (*-U-/*-ibU- in PB) always occurs immediately<br />

before the final vowel, even “breaking into” other morphemes like -ite. In general,<br />

choice <strong>of</strong> -w- or -iw- seems to be a matter <strong>of</strong> speaker preference. At least some older speakers<br />

appear to prefer -iw- in many cases. Sometimes -w- is preferred for prosodic reasons, e.g.<br />

following -l and other extensions.<br />

(63) a. òkúkàmbìwà<br />

òkú-kàmb-ìw-à<br />

inf-lick-pass-fv<br />

‘to be licked’<br />

b. òkúwèswà<br />

òkú-sès-w-à<br />

inf-marry-pass-fv<br />

‘to get married (said <strong>of</strong> a woman)’ 24<br />

c. òkùwàmbìlwà<br />

òkù-wàmb-ìl-w-à<br />

inf-speak-appl-pass-fv<br />

‘to be told’<br />

24 Note also that -sesa ‘to marry (said <strong>of</strong> a man)’ appears itself to be a causative form related to -sela<br />

‘propose’), and possibly also to èchísèmò and -òmúsè ‘love’.<br />

92

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