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How to apply deodorant safely in Miadiut

SU.EHETA

above.dry

IATIRI NI FEA

forest as fresh

Siatek.e:            da tusik.õ fis, kum ma.bukatĩ.                                           

instruction.PL: it use.NMLZ before, can good-shake.IMP.

Giupi.ná qm 15                                            kum vixt.ĩ kuxten.ĩ.    

armpit.ABL centimetre [qentimetu]       can hold.LNK spray.IMP

Bï           bese.ú                               ĩk.ep.ẽs                             es eley.i             bï.sumetar.ĩ.

NEG      skin.LOC            damage.3FRP or sore.FSING NEG.apply.IMP.

Ti ititi                   ihifï.nï̃                 tusik.ist.ĩ.

if irritation          develop.DUB[LINK]      use.STOP.IMP

Bï are e vei.kiuta bï.kuxten.ĩ

NEG eye.PLURAL or face.NEAR NEG.spray.IMP

Mbiasi: núakuxtenkũ imiqtiur.ep.ãs.

Warning: dispenser pressurise.POT.3MRP.

Kovuitili.ú teu 50c su ẽ.ĩs da bï.tetue.ĩ luasili.ná da peskup.ĩ.

temperature.ALL degrees 50c above 3S.COP.3SRFP NEG.expose.LNK sunlight.ABL it protect.IMP.

Bï           ña da    ituah.a               ĩ                    kum                              bï.mikil.ĩ            bï.var.ĩ.

NEG even it empty.MSING         COP.LINK can NEG.stab.LINK                NEG.burn.IMP

Ti yanat.u untis.ĩ viutanõ.tói vaktusik.õ xukubimit.a nï.dẽ,

If contents concentrate.LNK inhale.NMLZ.INSTR misuse.NMLZ intentional DUB.EXIST,

kás hekutika e kestepika nïnï̃.

INAN.DEM.PRON harmful or fatal 3PS.DUB

Uxtimẽslá Miadutú diodorã etueiõ

Some notes:

These phrases make heavy use of the verbal linking form -ĩ found in sentence medial positions as only the final verb can be declined in Miadiut sentences. Here it also doubles up as an imperative form and thus is also found phrase finally.

DUB is the dubitative aspect affix which is used for irrealis, conjectural or conditional situations.

SUEHETA or ULTRA-DRY is literally su (above, exceed) + eheta (dry). The resemblance to English ‘sweat’ is a happy coincidence 😊

The negative clitic bï occurs obligatorily in sentence initial position when negating verbs as a prefix.

imiqtiur.ep.ãs. pressurised reflects a common usage whereby resultative adjectives derived from verbs are formed using the passive suffix -ep. plus a relative pronoun marker agreeing in number, gender and animacy with the described noun. Here -ãs  is a 3PSMASC relative pronoun agreeing with núakuxtenkũ, container. The same form can be seen in ĩkepẽs broken/irritated where -ẽs refers back to and agrees with the feminine singular noun bese, skin.

uxtimẽslá combines the verbal stem uxti (start) with the third person animate relative pronoun mẽs meaning the ones who start + lá for, for the benefit of, in order to.

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gloss test


Uquetaú paliaqiná iru tisepĩ venepõmádẽ ekepas

uqueta-ú paliaqi-ná iru tis-ep-ĩ ven-ep-õ-má-dẽ ek-ep-as

child-DAT clown-ABL toy give-PASS-LNK see-PASS-GER-3SG POSS.EXIST force.PASS-3SG.PST

 
"The child was made to have been seen to be being given the toy by the clown."
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u/suxtula — 3 months ago
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gloss 3

mía,   iue       malo  opiqisĩ            be   da
woman  yesterday bread bake-1S.NOM-LINK   man  it

expĩ        vẽosẽs,                  sukua   isú       ẽ
steal-LINK  see-3S.ACC_MASC-3S.ANIM  FEM.REL me-DAT    COP.3_NPST

"The woman who saw the man who stole the bread that I baked yesterday is my sister."
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u/suxtula — 3 months ago
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test gloss

metab-e     ku           idub-ĩ       sius-e     tina-ya     ẽ-ũs,
book-PL.F   this-PL.INAN old-LINK    red-PL.F   shelf-LOC   COP-3.INAN-REL.PL

idueme         tis-i-sũ-t-ũs,
grandmother    give-EPEN-1S.DAT-EPEN-3.INAN-REL.PL

fasat-mela-ibi                 bati-e     en-ã
appearance-3P.POSS-CMPR        heavy-PL.F 3P.PL-NPST

"These old, red books on the shelf, which my grandmother gave me, are heavier than they look."
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u/suxtula — 3 months ago
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Gender/animacy/number levelling in dem pronouns/adjectives

I’m interested in the intersection of gender, animacy and number when it comes to adjectives and demonstratives. In Miadiut, animate nouns take demonstrative pronouns expressing gender/number distinction (incidentally postpositioned to the noun):

upa óka              this boy

ikuti éka             this girl

with categories merging in the plural:

upu ku                these boys

ikute ku              these girls

Inanimate nouns merge further:

suhek ka            this market (masculine inanimate noun)

gi ka                   this rock (feminine inanimate noun)

with plural forms suheku ku, ge ku

I’ve posited a natural drift of this paradigm to adjectives too - just as the demonstrative adjective has lost gender agreements for inanimate objects, a process can be seen in casual and spoken Miadiut whereby these distinctions are also being lost in the adjectival form.

gi mehi eliatut                I threw the big rock

shows typical agreement between feminine noun gi and mehi declined to agree with a feminine form. The alternative form:

gi meha eliatut

can also be heard where the adjective takes a masculine -a ending regardless of the gender of the noun.  

This usage extends to plural cases also:

ge meha amïktut           I picked up the big rocks

where the expected mehe is replaced by the masculine singular form meha.

Formal written and spoken environments still reflect expected gender/number declensions.

Apologies for lack of IPA/gloss, phonology not the topic here and I think the examples are basic enough for anyone to get the drift.

How do you all treat similar issues?

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u/suxtula — 3 months ago