Continuing with Gary’s list:
- The strong roots of the oak trees were torn from the ground.
This uses two adverbs busya and olaya to convey the idea of “pulled up from” a source, namely the ground.
77. lɛki kɛdi dayi gyɨmɨdi kɨtɬɨdi otni busya olaya dɛstɛ.
- lɛki
- ground.SSpl
- kɛdi
- oak.SSpl
- dayi
- PS
- gyɨmɨdi
- root.MTpl
- kɨtɬɨdi
- strong.MTpl
- otni
- tɨŋi.IMP
- busya
- pulled
- olaya
- upwards
- dɛstɛ
- I’m told
In Kēlen:
77. ñi jakēþi jajīmimma jejēxi rū anāxkīñi ōl;
- ñi
- NI
- jakēþi
- oak
- jajīmi
- roots
- -mma
- its
- jejēxi
- resistant
- rū
- from
- anāxkīñi
- ground
- ōl
- up
Questions?