Some body parts:
qaš head
c'æp shoulder
ŋær knee
pot' toe
These are zero-declension nouns.
SG PL
NOM qaš qaš-u
GEN qaš-k' qaš-uk'
DAT qaš-bi qaš-ob
INST qaš-wa qaš-ma
SG PL
NOM c'æp c'æp-u
GEN c'æp-k'a c'æp-uk'
DAT c'æp-pi c'æp-ob
INST c'æp-wa c'æp-ma
Note the labial stop assimilates to the stem's labial. Coda non-ejective stops are unreleased when they have the same point of articulation as the initial consonant of the following syllable:
c'æp-ma [tʃʼæp̚.ma]. This could also be an opportunity for conditioning an environment for [ʋ] as an allophone of /w/? c'æpwa could be either [tʃʼæp̚.wa] or [[tʃʼæp.ʋa]. I like both.
A vowel is provided with the -k’ because of the preceding stop.
The reflexive pronoun is derived from the word for 'shoulder'
c'æp combined with object markers (functioning as possessive suffixes):
c'æpap ‘my shoulder’/’myself’. Formerly, the reflexive pronoun was derived from 'head'
qaš combined with possessive affixes:
qašap ‘my head’/
’myself’. This has since been grammaticalized as an auxiliary verb for mediopassives.
Yukn-a sæp-e.
priestess-NOM bathe-3sfOBJ
A priestess bathes her.
Yukn-a qaš-e sæp.
priestess-NOM head-3sfOBJ bathe
A priestess bathes.
Yukn-a c’æp-e sæp-id.
priestess-NOM shoulder-3sfOBJ bathe-3sOBJ
A priestess bathes herself/washes her shoulder.
Yukn-a qaš-e sæp-id.
priestess-NOM head-3sfOBJ bathe-3sOBJ
A priestess washes her head.
P’at-a t’iɛ box-id.
stone-NOM ice break-3sOBJ
A stone breaks ice.
P’at-a qaš-id box.
Stone-NOM head-3sOBJ break
A stone breaks.
C’æp-e qaš-id box.
shoulder-3sfOBJ head-3sOBJ break
lit. Her shoulder is broken.
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