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a) There are no dedicated reflexive pronouns. | a) There are no dedicated reflexive pronouns. | ||
b) Reflexivity is indicated by employing the | b) Reflexivity is indicated by employing the absolutive, oblique or possessive form which refers to the ergative or sole argument of the verb. | ||
EG: | EG: | ||
i) | i) | ||
temmaiserittu | |||
= he misleads himself | |||
ten-maiset-ttu | |||
3SG.ANIM.ERG-mislead-3SG.ANIM.ABS | |||
VS | |||
temmaiserelku | |||
= he misleads him | |||
ten-maiset-lku | |||
3SG.ANIM.ERG-mislead-4SG.ANIM.ABS | |||
ii) | |||
kitin qinnunti | |||
= he sees himself | |||
ki-tin qintu-nti | |||
INST-3SG.ANIM.PRON see-3SG.ANIM.ABS | |||
VS | |||
kilin qinnunti | |||
= he sees him | |||
ki-lin qintu-nti | |||
INST-4SG.ANIM.PRON see-3SG.ANIM.ABS | |||
iii) | |||
avallaqente tenarqansi | |||
= she eats her own apple | |||
avalla-qe-nte ten-arqa-nsi | |||
apples-SGV-3SG.ANIM.POS 3SG.ANIM.ERG-eat-4SG.INAN.ABS | |||
VS | |||
avallaqelle tenarqansi | |||
= she eats her apple | |||
avalla-qe-lle ten-arqa-nsi | |||
apples-SGV-4SG.ANIM.POS 3SG.ANIM.ERG-eat-4SG.INAN.ABS | |||
===Verbal Morphology=== | ===Verbal Morphology=== | ||