Aspect: aspect
| Values: | DurIprf | Imp | Perf | Compl | Hab | Iter | Prog | Dec | IterImp | Dur |
Aspect in Mundurukú is threefold. The default from of the verb is perfective. Reduplication indicates imperfective aspect. The addition
of an m or nasalisation of the last vowel/syllable signalizes duration.
DurIprf: Durative-Imperfective
The exmaple below has the root bu ‘finger’ in classifier function.
Examples
- tõ-tõ-m “be/keep crying”
Imp: Imperfective
The exmaple below has the root bu ‘finger’ in classifier function.
Examples
- orog̃ “Hunt(ing)” (perfective form orok)
Perf: Perfective
The default form is perfective aspect.
Examples
- orok “hunt”
Compl: Completive
The completive aspect
Examples
- tõ-tõ-m “be/keep crying”
Hab: Habitual
The habitual aspect
Examples
- Takatkat ‘uk og̃uy “I was always cutting”
Iter: Iterative
The iterative aspect
Examples
- g̃ebuje aĩhĩ tõtõm “My mother used to cry / kept crying”
IterImp: Iterative Imperfective
- imõg̃mõg̃ ip “they keep removing it”
Examples
- “”
Prog: Progressive
The progressive aspect
Examples
- jokjog̃ tu ẽn? “Are you bathing?”
Dec: Deceased
The progressive aspect
Examples
- jokjog̃ tu ẽn? “Are you bathing?”
Dur: Dur
Examples
- “”
Aspect in other languages: [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [el] [eme] [ga] [gn] [gub] [hu] [hy] [hyw] [jaa] [ka] [ky] [la] [mdf] [myu] [myv] [pcm] [qpm] [ru] [say] [sl] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urb] [urj] [yrl]