-kunu-
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Garawa
[edit]Infix
[edit]-kunu-
- infix added to j-stem verbs, especially those related to motion, to form class 1 verbs with senses relating to causing the motion or transference of a thing
- burri-j-ba (“to cross a body of water”) → burrijkunumba (“to take (some thing) across a body of water”)
- wi-j-ba (“return, go back”) → wi-j-kunu-mba (“bring or take (something or someone) back”)
References
[edit]- Ilana Mushin, A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa (2012)