Nyamwezi

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This page is intended as a comprehensive bibliography of pseudocoordination in Nyamwezi; for discussion, see Section 2.2.3.4 of Ross (2021). If you have any feedback or additional references to suggest, please contact me.

Status

• Description status: minimal information
• Current bibliographic coverage: incomplete
• Total references: 1
• Last updated: December 2022, based on dissertation (Dec. 2021), Section 2.2.3.4

Summary

In Nyamwezi, the 'sequential past' (i.e. a type of narrative or consecutive verb form) is formed with the coordinator na- 'and, with' as a prefix. Compare also Maasai for a similar etymology.

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