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| Adverbs/ Instrumental Nouns || cʷə- || bacʷə- | | Adverbs/ Instrumental Nouns || cʷə- || bacʷə- | ||
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| Locations || mə-|| bamə- | | Locations || mə-|| bamə- | ||
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The prefixes /mə-/ and /bamə-/ are used where English would say "the place where ...". They do not require a clitic after the verb e.g. | The prefixes /mə-/ and /bamə-/ are used where English would say "the place where ...". They do not require a clitic after the verb e.g. | ||
/qənə̀bə-qa ʔàɟʷɨnəɴ | /qənə̀bə-qa ʔàɟʷɨnəɴ paxàʔə mə-ʔaɴɖà-wɨ/ | ||
dog-ERG man.PL hill RESTR.REL.LOC-bite-3PS.NONHUM.TEL | |||
"The hill where the dog bit the men". | |||
Similarly, the prefixes /cʷə-/ and /bacʷə-/ are used where English would say "the time when ...". They do not require a clitic after the verb e.g. | |||
/qənə̀bə-qa ʔàɟʷɨnəɴ ʔàtə cʷə-ʔaɴɖà-wɨ/ | |||
dog-ERG man.PL night RESTR.REL.ADV-bite-3PS.NONHUM.TEL | |||
"The night when the dog bit the men" | |||
The same form is used to talk about a tool or a method that was used to accomplish something e.g. | |||
/ʔàɟʷɨnəɴ-qa qənə̀bə daʀa cʷə-qàʈana-wɨ/ | |||
man.PL-ERG dog knife RESTR.REL.ADV-kill-3PS.NONHUM.TEL | |||
dog | "The knife that the men killed the dog with" | ||