kanne

[verb, auxiliary]

Kanne is an auxiliary only verb creating a passive construction. Kanne creates the valency-decreasing passive construction by either removing the A argument or relegating it to a peripheral phrase marked by pe. It is not used with intransitive or copular verbs. Derivation unknown.

Examples

[#57] Deni gada tana nolo noyeto, noleko todu deggu nolo kanneto.

[#62] Deni gada tana noloto, Nuwu kuno kanneto.

[#60] Gada tana noloto, laka kuno kanneto.

[#111] Lada todu deggu kanne noloto, loko luwu deggu kanne kuttato, xeye wudu noloto.

[#64] Nuwu paca Nuwu ŋepe noye kanneto, nuwunuwu tenetene wodane se-tene tosese.

[#55] Wudu wudu noloto, xosodu keyodo yana todu kuttatonu, lada tenetene todu deggu kanneto.

[#73] Xotoxoto ŋehele xosu kenni kannece.

[#59] Yeppomo yana muŋi yennisi yana yette gimi yana goso mudu kele yana todu kuno kanneto.

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