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This (and many other similar semantic shifts) are clearly attributable to influence from Thangha', which inflects the verb root /səʔˈʎiːpə/ into atelic /səʔˈʎiːpə/ to mean "sleep", and telic /mʲaɲəʔ-səʔˈʎiːpə/ to mean "die". In Kämpya (which does not mark telicity), the verb /hléiʔp/ (cognate with /xə́ˈʎíːʔpə̀/) is only used to mean "sleep". There is a separate verb root /dôṵ/ to mean "die". However in Seggeynni, the cognate to this word /dʷḭ̂ː/ means to die insane. | This (and many other similar semantic shifts) are clearly attributable to influence from Thangha', which inflects the verb root /səʔˈʎiːpə/ into atelic /səʔˈʎiːpə/ to mean "sleep", and telic /mʲaɲəʔ-səʔˈʎiːpə/ to mean "die". In Kämpya (which does not mark telicity), the verb /hléiʔp/ (cognate with /xə́ˈʎíːʔpə̀/) is only used to mean "sleep". There is a separate verb root /dôṵ/ to mean "die". However in Seggeynni, the cognate to this word /dʷḭ̂ː/ means to die insane. | ||
==Pronouns== | |||
Like Kämpya, Seggeynni has tripartite alignment in pronouns. There is also a distinction between emphatic and non-emphatic forms of pronouns. Unlike Kämpya, there is no proximate / obviate distinction in 3rd person pronouns (null pronouns are used when Kämpya would use a proximate pronoun). | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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! !! 1PS Exclusive !! 1PS Inclusive !! 2PS !! 3PS !! Interrogative | |||
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| Intransitive || /ʔájə́/ || /wájə́/ || /jə́wə́/ || Null || /bá/ | |||
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| Intransitive Emphatic || /wḭ̀ː/ || /ɥḭ̀ː/ || /jṵ̀ː/* || Null || /bà̰ː/ | |||
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| Accusative || /mə́jə́/ || /lán/ || /ɲə́jə́/ || /sə́́wə́jə́/ || /cə́/ | |||
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| Accusative Emphatic || /mə́ˈjà̰/ || /ˈlà̰ːnə̀/ || /ɲə́ˈjà̰/ || /sə́́wə́ˈjà̰/ || /cḛ̀/ | |||
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| Genitive Inalienable || /májə́/ || /jáwə́/ || /ɥə́/ || /ⱱə́jə́/ || /zʷə́jə́/ | |||
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| Genitive Alienable / Ergative || /mḭ̂ː/ || /jṵ̂ː/* || /ɥô̰/ || /ⱱə́ˈjáʔ/ || /çṳ̀ː/ | |||
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| Genitive / Ergative Emphatic || /mḭ̀ː/ || /jṵ̀ː/ || /ɥò̰/ || /ⱱə́ˈjàʔ/ || /çṳ̀ː/ | |||
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Due to a sound change, the 2nd person intransitive emphatic pronoun and the 1st person inclusive genitive alienable / ergative pronoun have become homophones. However, due to social norms, the 2nd person emphatic pronouns are very rarely used at all. So whenever /jṵ̀ː/ is heard, it can be assumed to be the emphatic form of the 1st person genitive alienable / ergative pronoun. | |||