Fwd: Re: Kapampangan language expert

[Paul Kekai Manansala]

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From: Dave Nepomuceno <daj...@bway.net>
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At 07:31 PM 2/19/97 +0900, Hiroaki Kitano wrote:
[snip]
>My adviser gave the following comment.
>
>> This is just the term you want to use. Distributives on verbs (they can
>> also occur on nouns in many languages) spread an event or state, most
>> often over locations, as with your `write' but also over time or over
>> participants (most commonly absolutive-type). The poking repeatedly is
>> over time. The cutting into pieces could be seen as any or all of these.
>>
>> On nouns, distributives tend to distribute either over locations (stones
>> here and there) or over types (various and assorted stones). Often
>> diachronically what begins as a distributive gets used systematically
>> whenever there is more than one person, because persons are viewed as
>> inherently individuated. After awhile, they are reinterpreted in this
>> context as plurals.
>
>If you have more examples of distributives, I would be very grateful!

My response to Hiro:

[snip]
I didn't know that linguists had terms for these constructs, or that these
constructs occur in other languages as well.

I have very many example of distributives, because I am very amused by them.
In fact, this is one of the very first topics that I brought out when the
Kapampangan-L was just starting a year ago. We have an aunt who loved to
use these words to threaten her kids. I don't know if thinking about my
aunt is the reason why these words make me laugh or if it is because the
words evoke images of violence to the point of absurdity. Here is my aunt's
standard sentence formula:

"E ka tuknang? Paniapingilan da ka ken, loko!" -- root word is "sapingil"
(Are you not going to stop? I will slap you over and over again right where
you are, fool!)

She never made good her threats anyway, so my cousins turned out to be very
undisciplined because they knew that their mom had "a loud bark but no bite".

Her eldest son used the same "panya-an" construct to express his "urges"
whenever he saw he saw a hot babe. One of his favorite expressions:

"Kanyaman na! Panyipsipan ke pitaklan!"
(What a delectable morsel! I'll suck her xxx all over!")

Other words:
tampaling, panampalingan, peniampaling - slap to the face
sapingil, paniapingilan, peniapingil - slap to the face
sapito, paniapiton, peniapito - slap to the back of the head
saping, paniapingan, peniaping - slap to the back of the head
sagap, paniagapan, peniagap - slap to the back of the head (more
forceful than saping or sapito)
balbal, pamalbalan, pemalbal - break (for glass, jaws, mirrors, etc.)
pakli, pamaklian, pemakli - break into pieces (for long, rigid
objects)
putut, pamututan, pemutut - cut into pieces (for long, pliable
objects)
dugdug, panugdugan, penugdug - hit person's back with fist
subsub, paniubsub, peniubsub - drive face into ground while
holding head
kasat, pangasat, pengasat - wrestle somebody to the ground /
attempt to rape
dukduk, panukduk, penukduk - drive forehead into something
(table, etc.)
tadtad, panadtaran, penadtad - chop into fine pieces
dalas, pandalasan, pendalas - do something hurriedly/greedily
gisi, pangisian, pengisi - tear into pieces (fabric, textile,
paper)
salat, panialatan, penialat - feel/grope/fondle (usually sexual
connotation)
sakmal, paniakmalan, peniakmal - grasp/clutch ( - ditto - )
saksak, paniaksakan, peniaksak - stab
samsam, paniamsaman, peniamsam - grab
dalpak, pandalpakan, pendalpak - step on with feet
damusak, pandamusakan, pendamusak - trample with feet
paldak, pamaldakan, pemaldak - kick
balugse, pamalugse, pemalugse - throw wildly
palaris, pamalarisan, pemalaris - run over with a car
kiliti, pangilikitian, pengiliti - tickle
sulut, paniulutan, peniulut - gouge out, poke a hole with a wire
or stick
barug, pamarugan, pemarug - spank
basibas, pamasibasan, pemasibas - to stike/hit with an object
pitik, pamitikan, pemitik - to flick with fingers or a rubber band
kandut, pangandutan, pengandut - pinch
gamus, pangamusan, pengamus - scratch with fingernails
gunut, pangunutan, pengunut - grab by the hair
sipsip, panyipsipan, penyipsip - suck
uma, panuman, penuma - kiss
dilat, pandilatan, pendilat - lick
bulyo, pamulyon, pemulyo - yell at
gulisak, pangulisakan - shout at
pate, pamaten, pemate - kill, turn off
kulkul, pangulkulan, pengulkul - dig up
tambun, panambunan, penambun - cover up object under
takap, panakpan, penakap - cover up object behind
pilisik, pamilisikan, pemilisik - sprinkle
bau, pamauan, pemau - smell
talan, panalnan, penalan - hold, touch
tagkil, panagkilan, penagkil - touch
bangal, pamangalan, pemangal - cut across the center (usually for
fruits)
tapal, panapalan, penapal - patch a hole
sakal, paniakalan, peniakal - choke neck with hands
sabat, paniabatan, peniabat - block
tumbuk, panumbukan, penumbuk - box
karate, pangaratian, pengarate - hit with karate blows
busbus, pamusbusan, pemusbus - punch holes
sira, panyiran, penyira - damage
bomba, pamomban, pemomba - bomb
baril, pamarilan, pemaril - shoot with gun
ataki, panatakian, penataki - attack
atut, panatutan - release bodily gas
imi, panimian - pee
sermun, paniermunan, peniermunan - scold
dinat, pandinatan, pendinat - make dirty
silab, panyilaban, penyilab - set afire
lasak, panlasakan, penlasak - demolish
gisan, pangisanan, pengisan - finish off, eat up
kua, panguanan, pengua - take
sipit, panyipitan, penyipit - press tightly between
golpi, pangolpian, pengolpi - beat up, thrash
samasan, paniamasnan - arrange, put in order, make good
samut, paniamutan, peniamut - mix
samal, paniamalan, peniamal - take advantage of
sira, panyiran, penyira - break, destroy
putput, pamutputan, pemutput - uproot
tugtug, panugtugan, penugtug - douse

Oops, sorry I got carried away. You struck on my favorite.

Dave

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