A song about a hare

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(2-1)   
c'olGEra:     c'olGEra:,     ataq-u-n     d'E     arp-aj-nu-j,     irke:-s'i:-t    
hare   hare   two-0-ATTR   DP   go.up-PERF-IMPF-3SG   one-DEL-SS.IMPF  
pOme-rE-j.    
roll-NONIT-3SG  

Hare, hare, it is going up twice and sliding downhill once.

Comment:
In this song the word c'olGorE 'hare' is pronounced with the lengthening of the final vowel as c'olGora:. This kind of lengthening is typical of vocatives. The verb pOmerE- 'to roll' is derived from the bound stem pOm(e)-. This stem is not used independently, but its meaning can be reconstructed as something like 'round', cf. pOmnE- 'round'. The verb here refers to a common entertainment, sliding down hills covered in icy snow. The attributive form of the numeral 'two' ataqun seems to be used adverbially with the meaning 'twice'. In this sentence, as well as in the other sentences in this song, the Imperfective Converbs of the quantitative verbs ataqlo:- 'two' and irke:- 'one' are used as adverbs. However, this use is not common.


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(2-2)   
c'olGEra:     c'olGEra:,     ataq-l-o:-s'i:-t     pOme-rE-j,     irke:-s'i:-t     arp-aj-nu-j.    
hare   hare   two-0-V-DEL-SS.IMPF   roll-NONIT-3SG   one-DEL-SS.IMPF   go.up-PERF-IMPF-3SG  

Hare, hare, it is sliding downhill twice and going up once.


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(2-3)   
c'olGEra:     c'olGEra:,     ti:-N     pe:-gE     ataq-l-o:-s'i:-t     joGo    
hare   hare   here-ATTR   mountain-LOC   two-0-V-DEL-SS.IMPF   INTJ  
jo:da:-s'i:-li     ning-o:.    
play-DEL-1PL   many-RES  

Hare, hare, as lot of us are playing twice on this hill.

Comment:
The form ningo: is a secondary predicate, a typical function of verbal stems augmented with the Resultative marker -o:- and no other inflections.


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(2-4)   
c'olGEra:     c'olGEra:,     jo:da:-s'i:-t     ej-re:-s'i:.    
hare   hare   play-DEL-SS.IMPF   walk-NONIT-DEL  

Hare, hare, it is walking and playing.

Comment:
The Delimitative verbal forms often remain uninflected in songs, see also Texts 4, 7, and 9.