Paumarí Derivational Affixes

siro-ki 'ida siri
(killed=opened-margin dem turtle)
'The turtle was killed and opened.'
siro-ha-ki 'ada papai
killed=opened-activiser-margin dem father
'Father killed and opened (it).'
Similarly, when the -ha 'activiser' is applied to a process clause it becomes an active
intransitive clause.
a-ha'di-ki 'ida ava
process-burn-margin dem wood
'The wood is burning.'
'o-a-ha'di-ha-ki-ho
I-process-burn-activiser-margin-I
'I will light (it).'
1.4. Activiser -ha with noun roots
There is a type of descriptive clause, derived from a noun root, in which the subject is
possessor. This type of clause is changed to an intransitive active clause when the -ha 'activiser'
is applied.
'o-ka-paha-ki-ho
I-intranser-water-margin-I
'I have water.'
'o-ka-paha-ha-ki-ho
I-intranser-water-activiser-margin-I
'I am going to get water.'
Although the above clause is normally intransitive, a beneficiary role may be added
without further derivational affixation. If the beneficiary and the actor are co-referential the
reflexive form of the pronoun is used.
'o-abono 'o-ka-paha-ha-ki-ho
I-self I-intranser-water-activiser-margin-I
'I fetch water for myself.'
If the beneficiary is not co-referential with the actor the beneficiary is object1.
'i-ra 'o-ka-paha-ha-ki
you-obj1 I-intranser-water-activiser-margin
'I fetched water for you.'
The same suffix -ha can be applied directly to a few noun roots, as an intranser (2.6.).
The intransitive derivationals are illustrated in Figure 2. Their effect, as is the case for all
derivational affixes under discussion, is to transform a clause of one type to a clause of another
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