This case refers to the animate goal to whom the result
of the action identified by the verb is intended. The Noun Phrase is marked
by the suffix /-bą/.
(25)
/tamyā1
rbą2
tąbr3
maliso4/
Nom Dat Acc
`the tiger1 was hunting4
meat3 for the Sun2’
The difference between the dative
beneficiery and the dative recipient is that the verb being a recipient
transitive is not a necessary condition to the former.
(26)
/gwįg1 kįdgmčbą2
jyįbmalł3 kąmą4/
Nom Dat Acc
`the priest1
prays4 to God3
for all men2’
(27)
/kath1ranibą2 tap3 syisobiri4/
Nom Dat Acc
`The ant1
was bringing4
rice3 to the queen2’
Time :
The goal may specify the point in time of the culmination
of the action identified by the verb. The morphological representation
depends on various factors.
(i)
When the time referred to is specified as a break in
the occurrence of the event, i.e., if the event occurs right upto the
referred time which is not the culmination of the action but only a
temporary end and the action is likely to be resumed and continued beyond
that moment, the case inflexion is by suffixing /-khre/ to the Noun Phrase.
(28)
/h1
sohkhre2
bąne3/
Nom Loc [T]
`I1 shall work3
till tomorrow2 (and may work beyond that)’
(ii)
When the time is specified as
the post-terminal reference of the occurrence of the action, i.e., when the
action is expected to occur completely before the time referred to, the case
inflexion is by suffixing /-be)/ to the
Noun Phrase.
1
į
2
bóliyą3/
3
mali
