The verbal prefixes of Timucua seem to follow the following template:
(object agr)-(applicative)-(subject agr)-VERB ROOT
The agreement prefixes are
However, there is an apparent restriction that there cannot be an overt object prefix and an overt subject prefix at the same time. If there is a 1st or 2nd person object, 1st or 2nd person subject agreement is shown by
Examples:
The following (most excellent) example shows both combinations -- note that in each one the object is shown by preverbal agreement and the subject by postverbal:
(object agr)-(applicative)-(subject agr)-VERB ROOT
The agreement prefixes are
- ni- 1st person
- chi- 2nd person
However, there is an apparent restriction that there cannot be an overt object prefix and an overt subject prefix at the same time. If there is a 1st or 2nd person object, 1st or 2nd person subject agreement is shown by
- a suffix on the verb, or
- a prefix on a separate verb
Examples:
1612 Cat, f78r-78v |
1612 Cat, f70v |
1612 Cat, f55v |
Conf F vi |
1612 Cat, f65v
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The following examples have 2nd person subject and 1st person object.
'What do you say about us?" Conf, f22v-23r |
1612 Cat, f20v |
The following (most excellent) example shows both combinations -- note that in each one the object is shown by preverbal agreement and the subject by postverbal:
Conf, f28v -29 |