Re: Soaloa - A goofy little grammar/syntax

Gary Shannon wrote:
> Soaloa - A Goofy litttle grammar/syntax
(snip)
> More details and a handful of sample translations at
> http://fiziwig.com/grammar1.html
>
I was struck by the reciprocality of own/possess, something I hit on in Kash
with the verb _apeña_, which has both senses--

çenji yapeña punayi yu 'Shenji owns that house' ('house' in genitive case)

puna yu yapeña çenjiyi 'that house belongs to Shenji (Shenji also in
genitive).

Obviously both arguments can't be [+human]. Hmm, perhaps in the olden
slave-holding days, the sense "own" would require the person owned to be in
the accusative--
karun yapeña pokon 'the duke owns Poko(acc.)'
poko yapeña karuni 'Poko belongs to the duke(gen.)'


What other reciprocal relationships does Soaloa have? I can think of
buy-sell, lend-borrow, perhaps give-receive-- but I think you'd need some
sort of "case-marking" or verb-marking (perhaps "passive"?) to indicate
who's buyer, who's seller, etc.

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