Incorporative and Relative Referents
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Zgeibbeúnea has two types of referents: Incorporative and Relative. The Incorporative referents are simpler - they can be added to the verbal complex after being added to the noun
koisusg-oet
tree-hr1
kueotgairo
down-hr1(tree)-make-1s.pres
‘I'm cutting down a tree’
This sentence would only be said with the referents if more things were to be said about the tree, such as:
dzgúrotohro?
big-hr1(tree)-3s.pres.Q
‘Is this tree big?’
Incorporative Referents can also be used to create reflexives:
mae-oek
mother-hmr1
iufokeiegokuero
on-hmr1(mother)-water-hmr1(mother)(location/subj)-has-3s.pres
‘My mum's washing herself’
The full paradigm is below
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The second set of forms are used to distinguish separate referents, but rarely used in speech, more commonly found in literature