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10.                                            tįmčthiwč

   khimyõyągõ
wild boar-lone-Nom  be angry-CF-Imp1

abla

  pyą
banana-Acc kick-T
The wild boar, angered,  kicked down a banana tree.

11.                                                    tatya

  pyąbola
banana-Acc kick-Cau-Ret

(The wild boar) kicked

down a banana tree.

/abla/ and /tatya / usually

  occur together, as seen in sentence (12).

12.                                      abla       tatya

        piyąbogõ
banana-Acc banana-Acc      cut-T-Cau-Inst
abla     tatyawč       pyasąggõ

banana-Nom      banana-Nom

      bird-nest-Dat
habaąbo
strike-T-Cau

The falling banana trees

  struck a bird’s nest.

                  13.       pyawč                               

 khimyõnayągõ   hrigyągõ
bird-Nom be angry-Rep-CF-Imp1   startle-CF-Impl

tamčy  krłnąkw

 nył   lanabo

elephant-Poss ear-Loc-Dat

enter-Rep-Cau

The bird, angry and startled,

  flew into the ear of an elephant.
The use of path case instead of simple place  perhaps indicates that the bird didn’t stay in
the ear, but flew out subsequently.

14.                          tamčy wč   hrigyągõ

  brabmoąbo

elephant-Nom startle-T-Impl

  run-wild-IF (3Sg)-Cau
The elephant, startled, ran wild.

15.                                         thyatadįb

 kįdyalyoąbo

hill-snake-Acc

   kick-fall-IF (3Sg)-Cau

The elephant, kicked and

  caused hill and such things to fall.


The accusative nominal is a compound which perhaps means that a lot of boulders and trees rolled down and small fauna started fleeing from the wild elephant.
16. phl    kįdya  hįlyają
rock-Nom kick-Nom  roll-down

The rocks kicked by

  the elephant rolled down.
   

17.            phl  kįdya

  hįlyająwč ajidyabya

rock-Nom

  kick-Nom roll-down-Nom queen-Poss

ąwč

tyusyékõyąla

child-Nom

  Ref-kill-Def-T-Ret

The rolling stones

  killed the queen’s child.
   
18. wébó ajindyabyawč  kźs jyiyąbo

that-go queen-Nom

  case-Acc do-T-Cau

The queen filed a

  case in the court.

Note the use of the

  English word `case’
   

19. kźs jyiyąbo

  h     ą
case-Acc do-T-Cau I-Poss  child-Nom

syẽkõyąla

  

die-Def-T-Ret

  

She filed a case that

  her child died.
   

20. wékčswč bóbẽ

  taméy wč     lįą
that-case-Nom go-Cond  queen-Nom say-IF (3Sg)

pyawč   h  krłnąkw

  lathatyugõ

bird-Nom I-Poss ear-Loc

  enter-AR-Ref-Imp1

brabdebola

  

run-IF (1Sg)-Cau-Ret

 

  
 
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