The Apalaí main construction

(declarative, main clause construction)

Koehn and Koehn 1986: 109 claim that split-S is only found in the second person, but this is inaccurate.

Transitive person marking
1P2P1+2P1+3P3P
1Ak(u)-/kɨ-Ø/w(ɨ)-/ɨ-
2Ak(u)-/kɨ-? m(ɨ)-
1+2As(ɨ)-
1+3A? ɨna-n(ɨ)-
3Aj(ɨ)-/ɨ-o-/a-k(u)-/kɨ-ɨna-n(ɨ)-
Intransitive person marking
1Ø/w(ɨ)-/ɨ-, j(ɨ)-/ɨ-
2m(ɨ)-, o-/a-
1+2s(ɨ)-, s(ɨ)-
1+3ɨna-n(ɨ)-
3n(ɨ)-, n(ɨ)-

Form Function(s) Cognate set(s) References