Morpheme Ø/i-

Form: Ø/i-
Type: grammatical morpheme
Language: Arara
Source: Alves 2017: 146
Cognate set(s):

Comments: This is the third person Sp marker. It seems to have a lexically conditioned allomorph ju- with the verb page ‘to wake up’:

(1) Arara (Alves 2017: 85)
ju-bage-lɨ
3.Sp-wake.up-REC
uraŋmo
child
The child woke up.
This allomorph was not found with any other verb.

Functions:

3>3 (in the mixed Set I/II construction)

  • (ara-4)
    Pilik i-goku-nangry ugon
    pilik
    P.
    i-goku-naŋrɨ
    3>3-call-IPFV
    ugon
    man
    Pilik is calling the man.
    (Alves 2017: 147)

3S (in the intermediate past and mixed Set I/II constructions)

3P (in the imperative construction)