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Subject Phrases (A, S, CS) are double underlined. Object Phrases (O, CC) are single underlined. Peripheral Phrases are dashed. Verb Phrases are unmarked. Clauses are set off by vertical lines.
Luwodo Wudune (About the Luwodo)
Interlinear
Luwodo medepe gimi goso noye-nomeminu.
- luwodo
- luwodo
- medepe
- tree+from
- gimi
- basket
- goso
- hollow
- noye
- emerge
- nome
- LET
- -∅
- -NP
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- =nu
- =N4
We make baskets from the luwodo tree.
Jodo luwodo doŋi kunonominu, dadami doŋine.
- jodo
- seed
- =∅
- =3
- luwodo
- luwodo
- doŋi
- small
- kuno
- have
- no
- COME&
- -∅
- -NP
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- =nu
- =N4
- da
- go
- -da
- -GO&
- -∅
- -NP
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- doŋine
- small+via
We bring the luwodo seeds, we travel with them.
Gumugumu todu tene kibi sata jodo.
- gumugumu
- hard
- todu
- surface
- tene
- sit
- -∅
- -NP
- =∅
- =3
- kibi
- skin
- sata
- thick
- =∅
- =3
- jodo
- seed
The thick skin of the seeds is hard/tough.
Kidi doŋine kibi sata todu deŋiminu, todu kaŋŋi-wominu.
- kidi
- rock
- doŋine
- small+via
- kibi
- skin
- sata
- thick
- =∅
- =3
- todu
- surface
- deŋi
- scratch
- -∅
- -NP
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- =nu
- =N4
- todu
- surface
- kaŋŋi
- pierce
- wo
- NEG
- -∅
- -NP
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- =nu
- =N4
We scratch the skin with stones but we do not pierce it.
Dami xotoyide taba xodu, gada nodu xososu.
- da
- go
- -∅
- -NP
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- xotoyide
- elsewhere
- taba
- low
- xodu
- place+to
- gada
- water
- nodu
- come
- -∅
- -NP
- =∅
- =3
- xososu
- place+that+at
Then we find another low area where water can gather after rain.
Xososu caba budu deŋiminu, jodo doŋi tene deyeminu bududu, degguminu lece xexene.
- xososu
- place+that+at
- caba
- hole
- budu
- hole
- deŋi
- scratch
- -∅
- -NP
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- =nu
- =N4
- jodo
- seed
- doŋi
- small
- tene
- sit
- deye
- LET
- -∅
- -NP
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- =nu
- =N4
- bududu
- hole+to
- deggu
- cover
- -∅
- -NP
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- =nu
- =N4
- lece
- soil
- xexene
- powder+via
There we dig holes and put the seeds into the holes and cover them with dirt.
Yedena kaddewa ŋene luwodo yana mede dello-kaŋŋi xexepe.
- yedena
- spirit+PL
- kaddewa
- acting
- ŋene
- person+via
- luwodo
- luwodo
- yana
- many
- mede
- tree
- dello
- rise
- kaŋŋi
- pierce
- -∅
- -NP
- =∅
- =3
- xexepe
- powder+from
Spirits willing, more luwodo plants sprout from the ground.