Derivations on measure-phrase bases

5 THE NOMINAL PHRASE 115 ne-fe-fato every four days po-paa four after units of ten po-paa-ghoo in the fourth place do-po-paa theywe are four

5.7.3. Derivations on measure-phrase bases

Measure phrases form the basis of the following derivations: 1. Prefix na-, indicating futurity 10.2.32. This prefix must be used with the measure phrase when the verb is in the irrealis indicating futurity: 207 dae-ghawa na-se-ghulu rusa we will get a deer 1pI-get FUT-one-CLAS deer 208 nae-late ne ini na-raa-taghu he will live here for two years 3sI-live loc this FUT-two-year 2. Prefix ta-, meaning still, another, in obligatory combination with na-, which it precedes 10.2.48: 209 nae-late ne ini ta-na-se-ahadhi she will live here another week 3sI-live loc this TA-FUT-one-week 3. Prefix pe-, meaning about, approximately; in obligatory combination with na-, which it follows, even when reference is to the past 10.2.13: 210 na-pe-raa-gholeo-mo about two days ago FUT-ABOUT-two-day-PF 211 ta-na-pe-ompulu-gha for about another ten days TA-FUT-ABOUT-ten-day 4. Prefix ti- variant te-, meaning as muchmany as, used in concessive clauses 9.14 and 10.2.50: 212 mahingga ti-tolu-piri no-fumaa, miina nao-wehi although TI-three-plate 3sR-eat not 3sI-full although he has eaten as much as three platefuls, he is not full 5. When a post-nominal measure phrase is followed by a demonstrative, the measure noun is obligatorily suffixed with -no. The resulting construction, for example se-mie-no, can be analysed as an active participle compare ru- dua-no two, although the base the inflected verb does not exist: do-ru- dua, but no-se-mie. Examples: 213 kalambe se-mie-no maitu that girl girl one-CLAS-A.PART that 214 golu se-ghonu-no ini this ball ball one-CLAS-A.PART this 6. Circumfix ko--ha-e 10.2.22, meaning all of it; the whole: 116 A GRAMMAR OF THE MUNA LANGUAGE 215 ko-tolu-ghulu-ha-e all three of them KO-three-CLAS-HA-it 216 ko-ra-wua-ha-e both of them KO-two-CLAS-HA-it When this derivation is used attributively with a noun, the ko-part need not be present: 217 no-ti-puru kuli-no se-ghulu-ghulu-ha-e 3sR-ACC-peel skin-his one-RED-body-HA-it the skin on his whole body peeled off 7. Prefix fe-, meaning divide into x; do the action denoted by the verb x times 10.2.4: 218 ne-fe-raa-weta he splits it in two 3sR-FE-two-side 219 no-fe-tolu-bhera-e she breaks it in three 3sR-FE-three-part-it 220 do-fe-raa-ka-rugi-mo they suffered a loss twice 3pR-FE-two-NOM-lose-PF

5.7.4. Classifiers