Sentence #24

Nometodanu doŋiŋi, lada todudu kuppetodanu.

nome
come.out
-to
-DP+REP
=da
=this.3A
=nu
=N4
doŋi
eye
=ŋi
=REFL
lada
sky
todudu
surface+to
kuppe
throw
-to
-DP+REP
=da
=this.3A
=nu
=N4

He removed his eyes and threw them up to the sky.

The O clitic nu references class 4 nouns, including inalienably possessed ones like doŋi=ŋi.

This sentence is part of Peyada, Cisena Taboni Yisena (Coyote and Cottontail’s Children).

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Subject Phrases (A, S, CS) are double underlined.
Object Phrases (O, CC) are single underlined.
Peripheral Phrases are dashed.
Verb Phrases are unmarked.
Clauses are set off by vertical lines.

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