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Abui tripartite verbs: exploring the limits of compositionality 219<br />
(INNOVATED, ONOMATOPOEIA DRIVEN)<br />
Table 8. Complex verbs with a contrasting final generic verb k, l, ng, and i<br />
THROW LIE TOUCH<br />
a. t-u-k t-u-t- t-u-p-<br />
LIE-LEAVE-THROW LIE-LEAVE-LIE LIE-LEAVE-TOUCH<br />
‘stick out, measure’ ‘emerge, surface’ ‘stuck out’<br />
b. t-a-k t-a-p-<br />
LIE-AT-THROW<br />
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LIE-AT-TOUCH<br />
‘shoot, empty’<br />
‘shot (down)’<br />
c. k-a-k k-a-p-<br />
THROW-AT-THROW<br />
‘stab’<br />
d. l-u-k l-u-t-<br />
GIVE-LEAVE-THROW<br />
GIVE-LEAVE-LIE<br />
THROW-AT-TOUCH<br />
‘stabbed (in)’<br />
‘rub, wipe, bend’ ‘rubbed, bent’<br />
e. m-o-k m-o-p-<br />
IN-POINT-THROW<br />
‘put together’<br />
f. t-e-k t-e-t-<br />
LIE-MOVE-THROW<br />
LIE-MOVE-LIE<br />
‘slide’<br />
‘slid on’<br />
g. k-e-k k-e-t-<br />
THROW-MOVE-THROW<br />
‘prod’<br />
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THROW-MOVE-LIE<br />
‘prodded’<br />
IN-POINT-TOUCH<br />
‘(already) put together’<br />
motion state, horizontal state, contact<br />
Friday, February 17, 12<br />
to a wall that collapsed during an earthquake. The final generic verb t ‘lie’<br />
indicates the final horizontal position32of the wall has been reached. Tet is the<br />
final verb of the sentence and has to be inflected for aspect, in this case with
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