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{ he }3

 

3.

pfokrehrü1 pfoki2 {          }

 pra4 le5
 

{ *-li }

 
 

Pfokrehrü1 will5 go up4 to/near3

 the mountain2
     
 

{ he }2

 

4.

 ahia1 {       }

vu-o3
 

{ *-li }

 
 

come3 to/near2 Athia 1

 
     
 

{ he }2

 

5.

 atamüi1{ }

 vu-o3
 

{ *-li }

 
 

come3 to/near2 us

 (excl. prn. & excl. pl.) 1
     
 

{ he }2

 

6.

 ·okar1 {    }

 vu-o3
 

{ *-li }

 
 

come3 to/near2 (the) doctor1

 
     
 

{ he }3

 

7.

 pfo1 pfo2 {      }

 ta-o4
 

{ *-li }

 
 

come4 to/near3 his1 father2

 
     
 

{ he }2

 

8.

 osi1 {      }

 ta-o3
 

{ *-li }

 
 

go3 to/near2 (the) dog1

 
     
 

{ he }2

 

9.

tukrü1 {        }

ta-o3
 

{ *-li }

 
 

go3 to/near2 (the) cow 1

 
     
 

{ he }3

 

10

 a1 cümüi2 {       }

 vu-e 4
 

{ *-li }

 
 

O came4 to/near2 my1 wife2

 
     
 

{ he }2

 

11

 pfota1 {     }

vu-o3
 

{ *-li }

 
 

come3 to/near 2 them (excl. pl.)1

 
     
 

{ he }2

 

12.

a1 {       }

to/near2 me1
 

{*-li }

 
     
 

{ he }1

 

13.

 nita1 {     }

to/near2 you (excl.pl.) 1
 

{ *-li }

 
     

14 a.

 omüi-no1 thie-i-li2

 oramüi3 he4 -sü0 su5 le6
 

if2 man1 dies2 (he)

 will6 go5 to4god3
     

b.

 camaikho12

  he3 vu-o4
 

go4 to3 Chamaikho’s1 house2

 

When there is no ambiguity possible between the ‘to’ and ‘near’ meanings, only -li, to the exlcusion of he, is used.

Thus,
 
   

{ -li }3

 

478

a.

 akhai1 ovo2 {     }

tae4
   

{ *he }

 
    Akha1 went4 to3 work2 (ovo ‘work’ being a nominal here)

When the inanimate nouns admit of the physical possibility of a contrast between allative proper and the sense of ‘near’, they take both -li and he ‘near’ :
 

479

1.    larücü-li    ‘to school’
         

 

1 a.

larücü he  

‘near school’
         

 

2   cars-li        ‘to the church’
         

 

 

2

 
a.

 
 cars he    

 

‘near the church’

 
 

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