-awá Causative (or second/double causative) suffix

Part of Speech sfx
    • Causative (or second/double causative) suffix
      • Example 216:
        insaán aṛé zhayí hínu, ma tu pašawúum.
        insaán
        human
        aṛé
        dist
        zhay
        place
        -í
        -obl
        hin
        be.prs
        -u
        -MSG
        ma
        1sg.nom
        tu
        2sg.nom
        paš
        see
        -awá
        -caus
        -um
        -1sg
        The human being is at that place; I will show you [=make you see].
        Source:
        A:KIN011
      • Example 217:
        asím niníi dúbhiša xálaka mhaarawóola.
        asím
        1pl.erg
        niníi
        3pl.prox.gen
        du
        two
        =bhiíš
        twenty
        -a
        -pl
        xálak
        people
        -a
        -pl
        mhaaré
        kill
        -á
        -caus
        -íl
        -pfv
        -a
        -MPL
        We have had forty of their people killed.
        Source:
        A:BEZ135

Related entries

  • See also:
    • -á1 Plural suffix (with a-declension nouns)
    • -á2 Causative (valence-increasing) suffix