Verbal fusion (2+ categories marked by portmanteau morphemes on verb)

Category
Morphology - General
Notes
Verb combines two or more categories (tense, aspect, mood, person, number, etc.) in portmanteau morphemes{ [ignore proclitics unless they are fused with values other than person/number]

Languages

Language Feature Status Grammatical Notes Source Etymology Notes General Notes Phylogenetic Code
Cahuilla
Cupeño
Luiseño
Serrano
Kitanemuk
Kawaiisu
Timbisha
Western Mono
Chemehuevi
Southern Paiute
Southern Ute
Shoshone
Comanche
Idaho Shoshone
Northern Paiute
Gabrielino
Achagua no Wilson & Levinsohn 1992
Resígaro no No indication of fusion. Allin, 1976
Bare no Aikhenvald, 1995: 13
Piapoco no Verbal synthesis, but all categories marked with separable morphemes. Galindo, 2002: 156-178
Yukuna no Shauer & Shauer, 2000: p. 521
Yavitero no Mosonyi, 1987: p. 59-69
Wapishana no Santos 2006
Wayuu yes The person marking suffixes vary depending on the tense/aspect of the verb, although tense/aspect may be marked with additional morphemes as well. Mansen & Captain, 2000: 800-801
Tariana no Tense and evidentiality are fused, (and interrogative fused with tense/evid). Aspect, mood, aktionsart, degree all distinct morphology Aikhenvald 2003, 254, 288
Apurinã no The only fused categories are person/number Facundes, 2000: 271
Asheninka Apurucayali no Payne 1981:12
Maipure no Zamponi 2003:37-42
Yanesha' yes person and number are combined in verbal affixes Duff-Tripp 1997:71-9
Kinikinau no info
Baure yes "The degree of fusion is extremely low in Baure." Danielsen 2007: p83
Nanti no Michael, 2008. p. 249
Paresi no info Rowan 1978, Rowan and Burgess 1979, Brandão 2010
Palikur no Launey 2003:161
Yine no Matteson 1965
Añun no Patte 1989
Bora yes tense, aspect, mood Seifart - 2005: 61
Makiritare yes certain forms involve marking both agent and patient Hall 1988: 151
Makushi yes person-markers, aspect, tense and number Abbott 1991: 113
Eñepa yes Tense, person, and grammatical function are fused into prefixes Gildea 1989:9
Pemon no de Armellada 1999: 105
Guna no Smith texts
Naso no Quesada 2000
Ika no Frank 1985:60-104
Kogi no info
Cabecar no info
Guaymí no Quesada 2008:99-145
Damana yes person, number, tense, aspect, modality, function (agent/patient)
Sikuani no Queixalós 2000
Macaguan no info Buenaventura - 1993:42-43 only 1S, 2S, 3S, 3Inclusive for person
Aguaruna yes Some third person markers are fused with tense markers. Overall 2007:329-30 However, this is a very peripheral feature of the grammar since fusion only occurs in suffixes marking 3rd person and TAM under certain circunstances
Northern Emberá no Mortensen 1999:8-14 Catío
Waorani no info
Ingá no However, situation in which first person acts upon second person in which a single verbal suffix /-iki/ marks both subject and object. This is the only case of verbal fusion I have found. So, fusion is limited to this suffix only. Levinson 1974, 1976, 1976b
Matses yes Verb can combine tense and person in a single portmanteau morpheme Fleck:395
Mapudungun yes They seem to mark mood, person and number by a single portmanteau morpheme which varies according to those dimensions. Salas 1992, p.107
Páez yes person, number and mood are marked by a single portmanteau verbal morpheme Rojas:168
Quechua Ayacuchano yes But this is highly restricted in the language. There are only three suffixes which do this. Parker 1965:24, 47-57
Tikuna no info More likely not
Urarina no Olawsky:459-492
Waunana yes At least person and tense/aspect are fused in verbal markers Loewen 1954:62
Andoke yes only found with reality marking modals and directionals. Irrealis fuses with directionals to make 3 distinct forms Landaburu 1979: 194-195
Puinave no Giron 2008: p276-292
Central Aymara no Huayhua Pari 2001: 125 Aymara shows things like tense and person/number by adding a suffix for each category to the stem. My sources do not indicate that any of those suffixes combine categories.
Kakua no Bolaños fieldnotes
Kaingang no Silva 2011
Minica Witoto yes Minor and Minor 1982. p.19-27
Hup no Epps 2008
Nadëb/Roçado dialect no Weir 1984
Dâw no except for a few tonal morphemes Martins 2004:125
Desano yes ex. Tense evidental markers carry information about tense, subject, and how speaker obtained this info Miller 1999, p. 64
Cubeo yes e.g. nominalizer + gender Chacón 2012:234
Kotiria no Stenzel 2007
Makuna yes Smothermon & Smothermon 1993, p.38
Koreguaje yes Cook & Criswell 1993, p.53
Barasano yes Verbal suffixes express emphasis, direction of movement, causation, benefaction, negation, contraexpection, aspect, tense-mood, and person-number. Jones & Jones 1991, p.5
Tanimuca no Strom 1992, p.67-70
Siona no Wheeler - 1987:138-174
Tukano no Ramirez 1997: 151 West and Welch analyze these as portmanteau, but Ramirez segments them. Tense/aspect and person/gender/animacy/number seem to be only two cases where categories are combined
Yanomami no Ramirez 1994: p.240 The table on this page provides many examples of the most common verbal suffixes. While Ramirez doesn't state that there is no fusion, there is none indicated by this comprehensive table.
Ninam no Goodwin-Gomez, p.93-99 no fusional morphemes appear
Sanumá yes with certain evidentials Borgman 1990: 170
Surui no info
Karitiana yes Aspect markers can also enconded number (of the subject) Everett 2006:278
Nheengatu no Cruz 2011
Paraguayan Guaraní no Zarratea 2002:86-120
Aché no info
Kokama no Vallejos 2010
Nyangumarta yes 1
Jingulu yes 1
Wambaya yes 1
Bunuba yes 1
Walmajarri yes 1
Nyulnyul yes 1
Warrwa yes 1
Worrorra yes 83 1
Garrwa no info X
Gooniyandi yes 1
Warlpiri yes 1
Bardi yes 1
Yugambeh
Yorta Yorta yes 83 1
Yir Yoront
Yindjibarndi no 0
Yidiny no 0
Yanyuwa no info x
Yandruwandha no 125 0
Yan-nhangu
Yalarnnga no 0
Woiwurrung yes 74 1
Wirangu No 111 0
Wemba-Wemba no H 41 0
Warumungu yes 33-34 1
Wangkumara no 33 0
Uradhi No 364 0
Paakantyi no 0
Pitta-Pitta No 201 0
Pintupi no 166-167 0
Nyungar no info x
Nhanta yes 90-91 1
Ngiyambaa no 0
Ngayawang No 15 0
Muruwari no 0
Mpakwithi
Mayi-Yapi No 55 0
Martuthunira no? 0
Marrgany No 314 0
Kuuk Thaayorre Yes 365 1
Kuku Yalanji yes 123, 127 1
Kugu-Nganhcara yes 407 1
Kaurna No 16 0
Kalkatungu no 0
Jaru no 0
Guugu-Yimidhirr yes 80 1
Gureng Gureng no info x
Gupapuyngu
Gumbaynggirr no 300 0
Gugu-Badhun no 0
Yuwaalaraay No 70 0
Dyirbal No 55, 246 0
Duungidjawu no 69 0
Djinang no 169 0
Djabugay
Diyari no 82-88 0
Dharuk
Dharawal no info x
Darkinyung no 38 0
Bularnu no 73 0
Biri no 0
Bidjara-Gungabula no info x
Batyala no info x
Arabana no 0
Alyawarr yes 49 1
Nyikina no 0
Yawuru
Ngarinyin
Yulparija No 35 0
Wathawurrung yes 77 1
Mathi-Mathi no 97 0
Hunter River and Lake Macquarie yes 45 1
Thanggati no 42-3 0
Katthang no 75 0
Panyjima no 0
Ngarinyeri No 42 0
Kurrama no 118-158 0
Yingkarta no 0
Githabul yes 21 1
Gunya No 326 0
Kunjen no 108 0
WesternTorres no 0
Wakaya no 0
Yindjilindji no info x
Bandjalang No 82 0
Ngaatjatjara no 32 0
Arrernte Yes 202 1
Kokatha No 27 0
Karajarri No 218 0
Pitjantjatjara No Y 8 0
Ritharrngu no 74 0
Warrgamay No 45 0
Warluwarra no 915 0
Warnman Yes 45 1
Djapu no 0
Bilinarra no 0
Wiradjuri no info x
Aghu-Tharnggala No 70 0
Narungga No 73 0
Tharrkari no 42 0
Wajarri no 101 0
Warungu no 0
Adnyamathanha
Yagua no Payne and Payne 1990
Baniwa no but morphological fusion occurs on phonetic level Ramirez 2001