Grammaticalized verbal desiderative
- Category
- Simple Clauses - Desiderative expressions
- Notes
- Indicates that the subject desires to carry out the action denoted by the verb (distinct from verb 'want', but may be grammaticalized from it)
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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 | no info | Wilson & Levinsohn 1992 | ||||
| Aché | no info | |||||
| Adnyamathanha | ||||||
| Aghu-Tharnggala | No | 70 | 0 | |||
| Aguaruna | yes | Overall 2007:354 | ||||
| Alyawarr | yes | 53 | 1 | |||
| Andoke | yes | verbal suffix -ʌ́to, also suffix on pronoun; glossed "want" | Landaburu 1979, p.122-123; 208 | |||
| Apurinã | yes | Facundes, 2000: 316 | ||||
| Arabana | no info | x | ||||
| Arrernte | No | 344 | 0 | |||
| Asheninka Apurucayali | no | Payne 1981; Payne 1982; Payne 1983 | ||||
| Añun | no info | Patte 1989 | ||||
| Bandjalang | No | 94 | 0 | |||
| Baniwa | no | Ramirez 2001 | ||||
| Barasano | yes | Adverbial clauses of intention are marked with -rʉa (desiderative) plus nominalizers for gender and number which agree with the subject of the main clause. | Jones & Jones 1991, p.156 | |||
| Bardi | no | 0 | ||||
| Bare | no info | Aikhenvald, 1995 | ||||
| Batyala | no info | x | ||||
| Baure | yes | However, this suffix is called subjective in this grammar. | Danielsen 2007:231 | |||
| Bidjara-Gungabula | no info | x | ||||
| Bilinarra | no info | x | ||||
| Biri | no | 39 | 0 | |||
| Bora | no | Seifart - 2005 | ||||
| Bularnu | no | 74 | 0 | |||
| Bunuba | no info | x | ||||
| Cabecar | no | Margery 1985:126-8 | ||||
| Cahuilla | ||||||
| Central Aymara | yes | The desiderative mood is conveyed by putting together 3 suffixes (the agentive verb nominalizer ri, the verbalizor means 'to be' ya and the potential mood suffix sa) | Huayhua Pari 2001: 139, 156, 157 | |||
| Chemehuevi | ||||||
| Comanche | ||||||
| Cubeo | yes | probably related to verb root '-ɨ' | Morse & Maxwell 1999, p. 27 | |||
| Cupeño | ||||||
| Damana | no info | |||||
| Darkinyung | yes | 45 | 1 | |||
| Desano | yes | Nominalizations formed with the deverbalizer -ro may function as object complement of desiderative verbs. | Miller 1999, p.147 | The verb root is either gãb˜e- 'want' or a verb root plus the desiderative -dia. | ||
| Dharawal | no info | x | ||||
| Dharuk | ||||||
| Diyari | no info | x | ||||
| Djabugay | ||||||
| Djapu | no info | x | ||||
| Djinang | No | 167 | 0 | |||
| Duungidjawu | yes | 114 | 1 | |||
| Dyirbal | No | 246-9 | 0 | |||
| Dâw | yes | desiderative is expressed by two modals in the clause; particles, not verbal morphology | Martins 20045:481 | |||
| Eñepa | yes | Tosantos 1977:29 | ||||
| Gabrielino | ||||||
| Garrwa | yes | fpro6, 51 | 1 | |||
| Githabul | No | 22 | 0 | |||
| Gooniyandi | yes | 1 | ||||
| Guaymí | no | Quesada 2008:135-6 | ||||
| Gugu-Badhun | no info | x | ||||
| Gumbaynggirr | no | 354-5 | 0 | |||
| Guna | yes | -bi is short form | Smith texts | |||
| Gunya | No | 326 | 0 | |||
| Gupapuyngu | ||||||
| Gureng Gureng | no info | x | ||||
| Guugu-Yimidhirr | No | 92 | 0 | |||
| Hunter River and Lake Macquarie | yes | 77 | 1 | |||
| Hup | yes | Epps 2008 | ||||
| Idaho Shoshone | ||||||
| Ika | no | Frank 1985:60-104 | ||||
| Ingá | yes | However, this verbal suffix is restricted in the way that the verb can take only a small set of objects as its arguments like "meat", "water", etc. | Levinson 1976b:14 | |||
| Jaru | no info | x | ||||
| Jingulu | no | 0 | ||||
| Kaingang | no | Silva 2011 | ||||
| Kakua | no info | Bolaños fieldnotes | ||||
| Kalkatungu | no info | x | ||||
| Karajarri | No | 176 | 0 | |||
| Karitiana | yes | Everett 2006:279-80 | ||||
| Katthang | no | 91-92 | 0 | |||
| Kaurna | No info | x | ||||
| Kawaiisu | ||||||
| Kinikinau | no info | |||||
| Kitanemuk | ||||||
| Kogi | no info | |||||
| Kokama | no | Vallejos 2010 | ||||
| Kokatha | Yes | 32 | 1 | |||
| Koreguaje | yes | Cook & Criswell 1993, p.82 | ||||
| Kotiria | yes | Stenzel 2004, p. 312 | ||||
| Kugu-Nganhcara | No | 437 | 0 | |||
| Kuku Yalanji | no | 95 | 0 | |||
| Kunjen | No | 113 | 0 | |||
| Kurrama | no info | x | ||||
| Kuuk Thaayorre | No | 530 | 0 | |||
| Luiseño | ||||||
| Macaguan | no | Buenaventura - 1993 | ||||
| Maipure | no | Zamponi 2003:37-58 | ||||
| Makiritare | yes | Hall 1988: 336 | ||||
| Makuna | no | Smothermon & Smothermon 1993, p.64-65 | not indicated/expected | |||
| Makushi | yes | Carson 1982:157 | ||||
| Mapudungun | no info | Probably not | ||||
| Marrgany | No | 316 | 0 | |||
| Martuthunira | no | 136-164 | 0 | |||
| Mathi-Mathi | no | 87 | 0 | |||
| Matses | yes | Fleck:434 | ||||
| Mayi-Yapi | No | 58 | 0 | |||
| Minica Witoto | yes | Minor and Minor 1982, p.18 | ||||
| Mpakwithi | ||||||
| Muruwari | yes | 176 | 1 | |||
| Nadëb/Roçado dialect | no | desiderative expressed via full verb | Weir 1984, e.g. p.286 ex II.2b | |||
| Nanti | no | Michael, 2008. p. 247-290 | ||||
| Narungga | No info | x | ||||
| Naso | no | verb woydë 'want' | Quesada 2000 | |||
| Ngaatjatjara | No | 156 | 0 | |||
| Ngarinyeri | No info | x | ||||
| Ngarinyin | ||||||
| Ngayawang | No info | x | ||||
| Ngiyambaa | no info | x | ||||
| Nhanta | no info | x | ||||
| Nheengatu | no | Cruz 2011 | ||||
| Ninam | no | inflected verb used instead | Goodwin-Gomez: 98 | |||
| Northern Emberá | no info | more likely not | Mortense 1999:59-88 | Catío | ||
| Northern Paiute | ||||||
| Nyangumarta | no | 0 | ||||
| Nyikina | no | 0 | ||||
| Nyulnyul | no info | x | ||||
| Nyungar | no info | x | ||||
| Paakantyi | no info | X | ||||
| Palikur | yes | Green and Green 1972:79 | ||||
| Panyjima | no | 169 | 0 | |||
| Paraguayan Guaraní | yes | Zarratea 2002:101 | ||||
| Paresi | no info | Rowan 1978, Rowan and Burgess 1979, Brandão 2010 | ||||
| Pemon | yes | [-te] comes from the word for "chest" and puek is a postposition which has different meaning amog them dative and source | de Armellada 1999: 128 | |||
| Piapoco | no | The verb -wawa does this function, but it's an auxiliary. | Galindo, 2002: 299 | |||
| Pintupi | no info | x | ||||
| Pitjantjatjara | No | G 236 | 0 | |||
| Pitta-Pitta | No | 207 | 0 | |||
| Puinave | yes | Giron 2008: p275 | ||||
| Páez | yes | Rojas:416-7 | ||||
| Quechua Ayacuchano | no info | |||||
| Resígaro | yes | Almost never with reference to second-person, usually with reference to first-person. | Allin, 1976: 339 | |||
| Ritharrngu | No | 105 | 0 | |||
| Sanumá | yes | "desired fulfillment" | Borgman 1990: 196 | |||
| Serrano | ||||||
| Shoshone | ||||||
| Sikuani | no | de Kondo (Vol.1,2) - 1985; Queixalós - 2000 | ||||
| Siona | no | Apparent that only the verb for "want" is used. | Wheeler - 1987:138-168 | |||
| Southern Paiute | ||||||
| Southern Ute | ||||||
| Surui | no info | |||||
| Tanimuca | no | Strom 1992, p.159-170 | ||||
| Tariana | no | No mention of a desiderative in mood/modality morphology. | Aikhenvald, 2003: 373-399 | |||
| Thanggati | no | 0 | ||||
| Tharrkari | No | 46 | 0 | |||
| Tikuna | yes | This verbal suffix seems to be of recent grammaticalization since it can appear by itself and it also means "desire". | Montes 2004b:50-51 | |||
| Timbisha | ||||||
| Tukano | yes | not a single dedicated suffix, but uses a combination of suffixes: gender/number-ti-' | Ramirez 1997: 167 | |||
| Uradhi | No | 363 | 0 | |||
| Urarina | no info | |||||
| Wajarri | No | 96 | 0 | |||
| Wakaya | no | 208 | 0 | |||
| Walmajarri | no info | x | ||||
| Wambaya | no info | x | ||||
| Wangkumara | no info | X | ||||
| Waorani | no info | |||||
| Wapishana | yes | Santos 2006 | ||||
| Warlpiri | no info | 0 | ||||
| Warluwarra | yes | 869 | 1 | |||
| Warnman | no info | x | ||||
| Warrgamay | No | 52-9 | 0 | |||
| Warrwa | no info | x | ||||
| Warumungu | No | 22 | 0 | |||
| Warungu | no info | X | ||||
| Wathawurrung | no info | x | ||||
| Waunana | no info | |||||
| Wayuu | yes | Mansen & Captain 2000: p. 800 | ||||
| Wemba-Wemba | no | H 47-49 | 0 | |||
| Western Mono | ||||||
| WesternTorres | no info | x | ||||
| Wiradjuri | no info | x | ||||
| Wirangu | no | 119-120 | 0 | |||
| Woiwurrung | no info | x | ||||
| Worrorra | no | 0 | ||||
| Yagua | no | Payne and Payne 1990 | ||||
| Yalarnnga | no info | x | ||||
| Yan-nhangu | ||||||
| Yandruwandha | no | 130-1 | 0 | |||
| Yanesha' | yes | This is the orthographic form. The grapheme "ñ" probably stands for a palatal nasal. | Duff-Tripp 1997:107 | |||
| Yanomami | yes | 1st part comes after person marking clitics, second part comes after aspect (and tense? | Ramirez 1994: 311 | |||
| Yanyuwa | yes | 4 | 1 | |||
| Yavitero | yes | The particle tálima is invariable and doesn't seem to be a verb. | Mosonyi, 1987: p. 67 | |||
| Yawuru | ||||||
| Yidiny | no | 0 | ||||
| Yindjibarndi | no | 0 | ||||
| Yindjilindji | no | 511 | 0 | |||
| Yine | yes | Matteson 1965 | ||||
| Yingkarta | no? | 0 | ||||
| Yir Yoront | ||||||
| Yorta Yorta | no | 83 | 0 | |||
| Yugambeh | ||||||
| Yukuna | yes | Shauer & Shauer, 2000: p. 523 | ||||
| Yulparija | No | 38-41 | 0 | |||
| Yuwaalaraay | no | 59 | 0 |
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