Situational possibility: verbal construction
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- Verbal Categories - Mood
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Languages
| Language | Feature Status | Grammatical Notes | Source | Etymology Notes | General Notes | Phylogenetic Code |
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Language | Feature Status | Grammatical Notes | Source | Etymology Notes | General Notes | Phylogenetic Code |
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| Achagua | yes | Wilson & Levinsohn 1992: 105 | ||||
| Aché | no info | |||||
| Adnyamathanha | ||||||
| Aghu-Tharnggala | No | 72 | 0 | |||
| Aguaruna | no info | |||||
| Alyawarr | no info | X | ||||
| Andoke | no info | |||||
| Apurinã | no info | Facundes, 2000 | ||||
| Arabana | no | 238 | 0 | |||
| Arrernte | No | 173 | 0 | |||
| Asheninka Apurucayali | yes | Verb meaning "be able." | Payne 1981:268 | |||
| Añun | no info | no discussion of mood | Patte 1989 | |||
| Bandjalang | No | Sharpe 78 | 0 | |||
| Baniwa | yes | serial verb | Ramirez 2001 | |||
| Barasano | no | Jones & Jones 1991, p.92-100 | ||||
| Bardi | no | 0 | ||||
| Bare | no info | Aikhenvald, 1995 | ||||
| Batyala | no info | x | ||||
| Baure | no info | Danielsen 2007 | ||||
| Bidjara-Gungabula | no info | x | ||||
| Bilinarra | no info | x | ||||
| Biri | no info | x | ||||
| Bora | no info | Seifart - 2005 | ||||
| Bularnu | yes | 105 | 1 | |||
| Bunuba | no info | x | ||||
| Cabecar | no | Margery 1985:132-3 | ||||
| Cahuilla | ||||||
| Central Aymara | no | Huayhua Pari 2001: 139 | ||||
| Chemehuevi | ||||||
| Comanche | ||||||
| Cubeo | no info | Morse & Maxwell 1999, p.19 | ||||
| Cupeño | ||||||
| Damana | yes | |||||
| Darkinyung | no | 44-5 | 0 | |||
| Desano | no | Miller 1999, p. 81 | The potential, dubitative, frustrative, desiderative, and abilitative moods are coded by a series of verbal suffixes that follow the verb root and presede the evidentials. | |||
| Dharawal | no info | x | ||||
| Dharuk | ||||||
| Diyari | no | 0 | ||||
| Djabugay | ||||||
| Djapu | no info | x | ||||
| Djinang | No | 193 | 0 | |||
| Duungidjawu | no info | x | ||||
| Dyirbal | No | 118 | 0 | |||
| Dâw | no | Martins 2004 | ||||
| Eñepa | no | Payne 2012 | ||||
| Gabrielino | ||||||
| Garrwa | no info | X | ||||
| Githabul | No | 24 | 0 | |||
| Gooniyandi | no info | x | ||||
| Guaymí | yes | An auxiliary verb meaning "to stay, to remain" is used in this construction | Quesada 2008:136 | |||
| Gugu-Badhun | no | 155 | 0 | |||
| Gumbaynggirr | no | 304 | 0 | |||
| Guna | yes | nabir particle preverbal | Smith texts | |||
| Gunya | No | 327 | 0 | |||
| Gupapuyngu | ||||||
| Gureng Gureng | no info | x | ||||
| Guugu-Yimidhirr | No | 145 | 0 | |||
| Hunter River and Lake Macquarie | no | 76-8 | 0 | |||
| Hup | yes | usually involves verb 'know' | Epps 2008 | |||
| Idaho Shoshone | ||||||
| Ika | no info | |||||
| Ingá | no | Levinson 1976b:56 | ||||
| Jaru | yes | 204 | 1 | |||
| Jingulu | no | 0 | ||||
| Kaingang | no info | Silva 2011/Goncalves 2011 | ||||
| Kakua | no | Bolaños fieldnotes | ||||
| Kalkatungu | no info | x | ||||
| Karajarri | Yes | 184 | 1 | |||
| Karitiana | no info | |||||
| Katthang | no info | x | ||||
| Kaurna | No | 19 | 0 | |||
| Kawaiisu | ||||||
| Kinikinau | no info | |||||
| Kitanemuk | yes | |||||
| Kogi | no info | |||||
| Kokama | no | Vallejos 2010:492 | ||||
| Kokatha | No | 38 | 0 | |||
| Koreguaje | yes | Cook & Criswell 1993, p.64 | radical verb + POT + VBLZ | |||
| Kotiria | yes | verb 'know' in compound can mean possibility, suggestion, or ability to do V. | Stenzel 2004 | |||
| Kugu-Nganhcara | No info | x | ||||
| Kuku Yalanji | no | 0 | ||||
| Kunjen | No | 110 | 0 | |||
| Kurrama | no info | x | ||||
| Kuuk Thaayorre | No | 390 | 0 | |||
| Luiseño | ||||||
| Macaguan | no info | Buenaventura 1993 | ||||
| Maipure | no info | Zamponi 2003:44 | ||||
| Makiritare | no | Hall 1988: 336 | ||||
| Makuna | no | Smothermon & Smothermon 1993, p.64 | ||||
| Makushi | yes | expressed by the adverb 'eserike' plus an inflected form of the copula, both of which follow the uninflected main verb | Abbott: 1991: 122 | |||
| Mapudungun | no | Zúñiga 2006, p.102-94 | ||||
| Marrgany | No | 317 | 0 | |||
| Martuthunira | no info | x | ||||
| Mathi-Mathi | no | 98 | 0 | |||
| Matses | no info | |||||
| Mayi-Yapi | No | 59 | 0 | |||
| Minica Witoto | no | Minor and Minor 1982. p.53 | ||||
| Mpakwithi | ||||||
| Muruwari | no info | x | ||||
| Nadëb/Roçado dialect | no info | Weir 1984 | ||||
| Nanti | no info | Michael, 2008 | ||||
| Narungga | No info | 74 | x | |||
| Naso | no | Quesada 2000 | ||||
| Ngaatjatjara | No | 124 | 0 | |||
| Ngarinyeri | No info | x | ||||
| Ngarinyin | ||||||
| Ngayawang | No info | x | ||||
| Ngiyambaa | no | 0 | ||||
| Nhanta | no info | x | ||||
| Nheengatu | yes | particle, borrowing from Portuguese | Cruz 2011:361 | |||
| Ninam | no | Goodwin-Gomez, p.98 | ||||
| Northern Emberá | no info | |||||
| Northern Paiute | ||||||
| Nyangumarta | no info | x | ||||
| Nyikina | no | 0 | ||||
| Nyulnyul | no info | x | ||||
| Nyungar | no info | x | ||||
| Paakantyi | no info | X | ||||
| Palikur | yes | Launey 2003:211 | ||||
| Panyjima | no info | 171 | x | |||
| Paraguayan Guaraní | no info | |||||
| Paresi | no info | Rowan 1978, Rowan and Burgess 1979, Brandão 2010 | ||||
| Pemon | no | can you state briefly how this works? The word poken follows the verb to show possibility. I guess maybe this isn't a verbal construction after all? | de Armellada 1999: 129 | The word poken follows the verb | ||
| Piapoco | yes | Galindo, 2002: 300 | ||||
| Pintupi | no info | x | ||||
| Pitjantjatjara | No | G 192 | 0 | |||
| Pitta-Pitta | No info | x | ||||
| Puinave | no | Giron 2008: p286 | ||||
| Páez | no info | |||||
| Quechua Ayacuchano | no info | |||||
| Resígaro | no | No indication of such a construction in the discussion of verb group, verb piece, or verb phrase. | Allin, 1976: 204, 212, 219 | |||
| Ritharrngu | No | 104 | 0 | |||
| Sanumá | no info | |||||
| Serrano | ||||||
| Shoshone | ||||||
| Sikuani | no | de Kondo (Vol.1) - 1985:18; Queixalós - 2000:348-349 | ||||
| Siona | no | Wheeler - 1987:149 | ||||
| Southern Paiute | ||||||
| Southern Ute | ||||||
| Surui | no info | |||||
| Tanimuca | no | Strom 1992, p.81-82 | ||||
| Tariana | yes | With the secondary verb kanhina, although this is variably glossed as "to be possible, easy" and "to be recognizable, easily recognizable." | Aikhenvald, 2003: 247, 457 | |||
| Thanggati | no | 74 | 0 | |||
| Tharrkari | No info | 31 | x | |||
| Tikuna | no info | |||||
| Timbisha | ||||||
| Tukano | no | Ramirez 1997 | no evidence for this as distinct from epistemic | |||
| Uradhi | No info | 364, 381-3 | x | |||
| Urarina | no info | |||||
| Wajarri | No | 99 | 0 | |||
| Wakaya | no | 0 | ||||
| Walmajarri | yes | 1 | ||||
| Wambaya | no info | x | ||||
| Wangkumara | yes | 35, r14 | 1 | |||
| Waorani | no info | |||||
| Wapishana | no info | Santos 2006 | ||||
| Warlpiri | no info | 0 | ||||
| Warluwarra | no info | x | ||||
| Warnman | Yes | 54 | 1 | |||
| Warrgamay | No | 54 | 0 | |||
| Warrwa | no info | x | ||||
| Warumungu | No info | x | ||||
| Warungu | no info | X | ||||
| Wathawurrung | no info | x | ||||
| Waunana | no info | |||||
| Wayuu | no info | |||||
| Wemba-Wemba | yes | H 46 | 1 | |||
| Western Mono | ||||||
| WesternTorres | no info | x | ||||
| Wiradjuri | no info | x | ||||
| Wirangu | No | 121, 125 | 0 | |||
| Woiwurrung | no info | x | ||||
| Worrorra | no | ms5.1 | 0 | |||
| Yagua | no info | Payne and Payne 1990 | ||||
| Yalarnnga | yes | 44-5 | 1 | |||
| Yan-nhangu | ||||||
| Yandruwandha | no info | x | ||||
| Yanesha' | no info | Duff-Tripp | ||||
| Yanomami | no | Ramirez 1994 | ||||
| Yanyuwa | no info | x | ||||
| Yavitero | yes | Described as a "potestativo," this auxiliary verb is also used in "obligative" constructions. | Mosonyi, 1987: p. 66 | |||
| Yawuru | ||||||
| Yidiny | not done yet | X | ||||
| Yindjibarndi | no info | x | ||||
| Yindjilindji | no info | x | ||||
| Yine | no info | Matteson 1965:70-81 | ||||
| Yingkarta | no | 0 | ||||
| Yir Yoront | ||||||
| Yorta Yorta | no | 87 | 0 | |||
| Yugambeh | ||||||
| Yukuna | no info | Shauer & Shauer, 1978; Shauer & Shauer, 2000 | ||||
| Yulparija | No | 39 | 0 | |||
| Yuwaalaraay | No | 46 | 0 |
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