Puelche
Verbs table
| gloss | layer | 1 sg | 2 sg | 3 sg | 1 du | 2 du | 3 du | 1 pl | 2 pl | 3 pl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [gloss] him | lexeme | tšɤkɤ'tʌka | mu'taka | na'taka | sɤkʌ'tʌka | mu'taka | tšɤkɤ'tʌka | naka'taka | mɤnʌ'tʌka | ka'taka |
| sing | lexeme | kutšam'lewak | kumtšam'lewak | kɤtšam'lewak | kɤtšam'lewak | kumu(m)m'lewal (sic) | kutšam'lewak | kɤsnam'lewak | kɤmnan'lewak | kam'lewak |
| leave | lexeme | tšɤ'kuspɤt | tšɤm'kɤspɤt | was'pɤtkal | sɤ'kaspɤt | tšɤm'kɤspɤt | ku'uspɤtkal | na'kaspɤtkal | mɤ'naspɤtkal | 'kaspɤtkal |
| [gloss] | prefix | tšɤkɤ | mu | na | sɤkʌ | mu | tšɤkɤ | naka | mɤnʌ | ka |
| sing | prefix | utš | umtš | ɤtš | ɤtš | umu | utš | ɤsn | ɤmn | zero |
| leave | prefix | tšɤ'ku | tšɤm'kɤ | wa | ɤ'ka | tšɤmkɤ | ku'u | naka | mɤna | ka |
Puelche notes
- The information is fragmentary, so no complete analysis can be given. In particular, Casamiquela (1983) reports a wide variety of (lexically specified?) allomorphs of the intransitive subject prefixes, but there is no way to determine how they fit together in a paradigm, beyond the two examples presented here. Note that 'sing' is present tense and 'leave' is future.
- Casamiquela (1983: 80-83) does give a complete paradigm for the transitive verb 'XXX' (unfortunately we did not record the gloss for this), which involves subject prefixes and object suffixes. The two represent independent systems; object suffixes take the form -j (1st person), -m (2nd person) and -Ø (3rd person), which in turn take number suffixes (sg -a, dual -ɤp/up, plural -ɤn). The forms shown here are those with a 3sg object. The syncretism of 1sg and 3du subject forms in the transitive paradigm is striking.
References
Casamiquela, Rudlolfo. 1983. Nociones de gramática del gününa küne. Paris: Ed. du CNRS.