A Linguistic Analysis of Old Omagua Ecclesiastical Texts

List of Tables v

List of Figures vi

Acknowledgments vii

Morphemes and Abbreviations viii

1 Introduction 1

2 Grammatical Sketch of Old Omagua 5

2.1 Phonological Inventory . . . 6

2.2 Morphology . . . 7

2.2.1 Person-Marking . . . 7

2.2.1.1 Paradigms . . . 7

2.2.1.2 Vowel Hiatus Resolution . . . 9

2.2.2 Nominal Morphology . . .10

2.2.2.1 Number . . . 10

2.2.2.2 Augmentative & Diminutive . . . 11

2.2.2.3 Nominal Past . . . 12

2.2.2.4 Nominal Future Tense =Ra ... 12

2.2.2.5 Possession . . .13

2.2.3 Verbal Morphology . . . 14

2.2.3.1 Tense-Aspect-Mood . .  15

2.2.3.1.1 Tense . . .  15

2.2.3.1.2 .. . .16

2.2.3.1.3 upa ‘come to an end, run out’ . .  . 18

2.2.3.1.4 Irrealis =mia ....19

2.2.3.1.5 Epistemic Modality . . 9

2.2.3.2 Derivational Morphology . . .  21

2.2.3.2.1 Causative . . .21

2.2.3.2.2 Applicative =supe . . . 23

2.2.3.2.3 Clausal Nominalizers . . . . 24

2.2.3.2.4 Subject Nominalizer -suRi ...26

2.2.3.2.5 Container Nominalizer =SiRu ... 27

2.2.3.6 Possessive Nominalizer =yaRa ................. 28

2.3 Syntax and Information Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2.3.1 Basic Clause Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2.3.2 Nominal Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2.3.2.1 Demonstratives and Quantifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2.3.2.2 Noun-Noun Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2.3.2.3 Modification via Nominalization of Stative Verb . . . . . . . . . . . 32

2.3.3 Adpositional Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

2.3.4 Negation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

2.3.4.1 Clausal Negator Roaya .......................... 33

2.3.4.2 Core Negator -s1ma ........................... 34

2.3.4.3 Privative =1ma .............................. 34

2.3.5 Interrogatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .