Time relationships fall into two types. The first type
comprise those relationships which are general. The occurrence of the event
is fixed with reference to some specified time. But the event does not or
may not occur at that specified time. Such relationships are marked by the
suffix /-gõ/.
(51)
/h1
bajyekąygõ2
į3
bóde4/
Nom Loc [T] Dat
`I1 shall go4
home3 at 2 O’ clock2 (may
be a little before or a little later but roughly around two)’
The second type comprise the relationships which are
specific. The event is specified to occur precisely at the specified time.
Within this the morphological realization depends upon duration.
Specification of non-progressive momentary time is marked by the suffix /-dõ/.
(52)
/tamyā1
bajyekąydõ2
hanįso3/
Nom Loc [T]
`the tiger1 came3
at 2 o’ Clock2’
(53)
/kįdgmč1
bajyemįadõ2
tap3
thįso4/
Nom Loc [T] Acc
`All the men1 ate4
food3 at 5 o’ Clock2’
Specification of a span of time or
duration within which the event is expected to occur is marked by the
suffix /-gõ/. That is, the event will begin and end within the specified
interval of time.
(54)
/tamyā1
iyagõ2 tąbr3
malią4/
Nom Loc [T]
`tiger1 hunts4
meat3 at nigh2’
Specification of a span of time or duration in the
occurrence of the event is unmarked, i.e., the event occurs over a specified
period but no reference is made to the beginning or the end of the action
identified by the verb. The verb in such a sentence is either an existential
or a non-directional motion verb.
(55)
/hwč1
hįlóksą2
tejyabgõ3 yaso4
Nom Loc [T] Loc [P]
`I was4 at Tezu3 for 3 months’
(56)
/wé1 kiyamįa2
chygso3/
Nom Loc [T]
2.1.5.6.3.
Path :
This is the spatial location of a
point with reference to which an action or event or change of state occurs.
The case typically occurs with motion verbs. A distinction is made for
formal realization. The one-dimensional path
1
bajyekąy
gõ2
į
3
thįso4/
