Sentence #100

Evi, “Kineza tadanuza Keretas lasa Minoka tezes, korikori layise gutus.

evi

e=vi

3PL.IN=OUT

kineza

kini=za

land=PATH

tadanuza

tadanu=za

waves=PATH

Keretas

Kereta=s

Kereta=LOC

lasa

lasa

chief

Minoka

Mino=ka

Mino=TOUCH

tezes

tezes

left

korikori

korikori

open

layise

layi=se

sky=STAY

gutus

gutus

right

evi kineza tadanuza Keretas lasa Minoka tezes korikori layise gutus

{ e=vi} { kini=za} { tadanu=za} { Kereta=s} { lasa} { Mino=ka} { tezes} { korikori} { layi=se} { gutus}

{ 3PL.IN=OUT} { land=PATH} { waves=PATH} { Kereta=LOC} { chief} { Mino=TOUCH} { left} { open} { sky=STAY} { right}

He said, “On the left hand, the land and the waves are held by Mino chief of Kereta, on the right, the sky is open.

The coordinating conjunction tezes ... gutus is related to the words for left hand and right hand in Kēlen plus the locative =s.

This sentence is part of Dedaloza Tani.

Key

Embedded Clauses, Relative Clauses, and Nominalized Clauses are italicized.
Motion Particle Phrases are bolded.

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