Morpheme k(u)-/kɨ-

Form: k(u)-/kɨ-
Type: grammatical morpheme
Language: Apalaí
Source: Koehn and Koehn 1986: 108
Cognate set(s):

Comments: causes umlaut. k- before /u/; kɨ- before consonants (Koehn 1965: 11).

Functions:

1P (in the imperative construction)

  • (apa-27)
    ku-akuoʔ-ko
    1.P-take.across-IMP
    tam
    grandfather
    t-ɨka-se
    CPL-say-CPL
    mokɨro
    MED.DEM.SG.ANIM
    kuto
    frog
    n-akuotɨ-ʔpɨrɨ
    3-take.across-NMLZ.PST
    “Take me across the water, grandfather,” said the one whom the frog had taken across.
    (Koehn and Koehn 1986: 75)

3>1+2 (in the main and remote past constructions)

1>2 (in the main and remote past constructions)

2>1 (in the main and remote past constructions)

1+2P (in the non-past continuative and supine constructions)