5. Interlinear examples

1. Ikpeng

   nen tan nen ïwïn.

   nen inan.prox

   tan here

   nen inan.prox

   ɨ-wɨ-n 1poss-machete-pert

   ‘“My machete is here.”’ (ikp-ekiri: 13)

1. Ikpeng
   1. otumunto mun eto ïwïn otumunto

      otumunto where

      mun inan.dist

      eto uncert

      ɨ-wɨ-n 1poss-machete-pert

      otumunto where

      ‘“Where might my machete be, where?”’ (ikp-ekiri: 9)
   2. nento nento yengli ïwïn

      nen-to inan.prox-loc

      nen-to inan.prox-loc

      j-eŋ-lɨ 1>3-put-hod

      ɨ-wɨ-n 1poss-machete-pert

      ‘“Here, here I put my machete.”’ (ikp-ekiri: 10)

1. Tiriyó

   pai iwae teese wïraapa

   pai tapir

   i-wae 3-super

   t-ee-se npst-cop-npst

   wïraapa bow

   ‘The bow was stronger than the tapir.’ (Meira 1999: 420)

1. pai iwae teese wïraapa

   pai tapir

   i-wae 3-super

   t-ee-se npst-cop-npst

   wïraapa bow

   ‘The bow was stronger than the tapir.’ (Meira 1999: 420)

1. Tiriyó

    

   pai tapir

   i-wae 3-super

   t-ee-se npst-cop-npst

   wïraapa bow

   ‘The bow was stronger than the tapir.’ (Meira 1999: 420)

1. Tiriyó (Meira 1999: 420)

   pai iwae teese wïraapa

   pai tapir

   i-wae 3-super

   t-ee-se npst-cop-npst

   wïraapa bow

   ‘The bow was stronger than the tapir.’ (metaphorically)

1. Tiriyó

   pai iwae teese wïraapa

   pai tapir

   i-wae 3-super

   t-ee-se npst-cop-npst

   wïraapa bow

   ‘The bow was stronger than the tapir.’ (Sérgio Meira, p.c.)