Comparative Cariban Database - Construction main from Waiwai

The Waiwai main construction

(declarative, main clause construction)

Transitive person marking
	1P	2P	1+2P	1+3P	3P
1A		k(ɨ)-			Ø/w(ɨ)-
2A	ow(ɨ) m(ɨ)-			amna m(ɨ)-	m(ɨ)-
1+2A					t(ɨ)(t)(ɨ)-
1+3A		amna a(w)-			amna Ø/n(ɨ)-
3A	o(j)-	a(w)-	k(ɨ)-	amna Ø/n(ɨ)-	Ø/n(ɨ)-

Intransitive person marking

1	k(ɨ)-, Ø/w(ɨ)-
2	m(ɨ)-
1+2	t(ɨ)(t)(ɨ)-
1+3	amna Ø/n(ɨ)-
3	Ø/n(ɨ)-

Form	Function(s)	Cognate set(s)	References