Adverbial and Argument-Doubling Clauses in Cree - MSpace

- Source
b. . ., kâ-wâpamât awa nâpêw mihcêt êh-wayawiyit nisti ko b k ohci
cj-see. TA43 -3') t his man-3 rnany cj-go .outside. Al-3' tree-loc from
kinêpi kwah.
snake-3'
'and then the man saw a great many serpents corne forth fiom the tret.' (P:270-39)
Oblique nouns can also be licensed by a locative suffix -ihk which occurs on the noun.
Location
(c) êkwah mîcisôwak êkotah sâkahikanihk.
then eat.AI-3 p there lake-loc
'Then they ate, there in the lake. '
- Goal
(d) êkwah pihêwak ôki takosinwak wacistwanihk
then partridge-3 p those arrive. AI-3 p nest-loc
'Then the panridges arrived at the nest. '
Such nominals can also be licensed when ohci 'fiom' or isi 'towards' occur not as
postpositions, but as preverbs within the verb phrase. These preverbs occur after a
conjunct prefix and/or past marker kî- (if used) and person prefixes, but before the verb
stem. The role of the NP remains the same as if the preverb were a postposition. Some
examples are provided in (33).
(33)
a. môsktstawêw ôhi . nâpêsisah, cikahikan êw-ohci-pakamahwât,
mn.at.s.o.TA-(3-3') that boy-3' axe cj-with-strike.s.o.TA-(3-3')
êh-nipahât .
cj-kill.TA-(3-3')
'She(prox) ran at the boy(obv) and amck him(obv) with an axe, killing him(obv).'
(S :246-12)