The allative case sillcdd 34.

6.10 The allative case

In Lhomi, allative ALL typically expresses motion towards the referent but also location which is not accurately specified and therefore it means ‘around, to, towards, in the area of, in the vicinity of’. The allative case marker combines with nouns, NPs, demonstratives, proper place names, and question words. 6.30 hi-ni sajep-so miki-nala t ɕhøn-tɕuŋ. TE3 this-ABL sajib-PL1 far.down-ALL come[HON]-PST.EXP ‘Then Sahib’s family arrived down there.’ Speaker does not specify the location because it is known to the hearer. The speech act takes place in Chepuwa and the reference is to a lower place two days walk from Chepuwa. 6.31 t ɕheppa dʑak-kin dʑak-kin sempuŋ-nala juŋ-en. TE3 rain VBZR-NMLZ VBZR-NMLZ sempung-ALL come-1PST ‘While it was raining I came to Sempung village area.’ 6.32 jak kha-nala soŋ. TE32 yak where-ALL go[PST.VIS] ‘To what direction have the yaks gone?’ This is less specific than kha-la. Speaker asks this question to himself. There is no answer because yaks have gone away like wild animals. 6.33 jari khaŋtok-nala dze-ni thokɕak or-na some roof-ALL climb-NFNT2 shingle pull.out-NFNT1 nuk t ɕhi-na phir-na ʈhø-nar-a bet. TE34 this.way do;VBZR-NFNT1 jump-NFNT1 escape-COMPL-NMLZ;Q AUX ‘Some climbed up towards the roof, pulled out the shingles, jumped down and excaped.’ These men were inside the house and the door was bolted from outside. They managed to flee through the roof. 6.34 iki-nala dzarok thaŋ rika-la nuk tɕhi-na far.up.there-ALL crevasse and forest-DAT this.way do;VBZR-NFNT1 ʈhø-na khur-ni ni jeŋ mit-tshuu-ken bet. TE34 flee-NFNT1 carry-NFNT2 DM search NEG-be.able-NMLZ;CONJ AUX ‘After they had run away to higher altitude, rocky forested area, no one was able to look for them.’ This is from the same story that tells how police try to find the men but they always run away into the forest before the police arrive.

6.11 The vocative case