Locative prefixes
Locations and destinations are commonly specified in Creek by adding prefixes to verbs. The four productive locative prefixes area-‘side’,ak-‘water or low place’,oh-‘top’, andtak-‘ground or enclosed space’: (1)leyk-itá‘(one) to sit’ a-leyk-itá‘(one) to sit on (a wall, ceiling, etc.); (one) to sit at...
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Published in | A Grammar of Creek (Muskogee) p. 155 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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UNP - Nebraska
01.05.2011
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Summary: | Locations and destinations are commonly specified in Creek by adding prefixes to verbs. The four productive locative prefixes area-‘side’,ak-‘water or low place’,oh-‘top’, andtak-‘ground or enclosed space’:
(1)leyk-itá‘(one) to sit’
a-leyk-itá‘(one) to sit on (a wall, ceiling, etc.); (one) to sit at (a table)’
ak-leyk-itá‘(one) to sit in water or a low place’
oh-leyk-itá‘(one) to sit on top of (a chair, table, roof, pillow, etc.)’
tak-leyk-itá‘(one) to sit on the ground or floor, or in an enclosed space’
These prefixes have slightly different forms before vowels (table |
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ISBN: | 9780803211063 0803211066 |
DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctt1df4h3s.25 |