3.1.2. Number markers
Verbs that allow for a spatial modification of movement and/or orientation can express number distinctions. In general, verbs can be divided into a singular and plural verb form and even a more fine-grained distinction between a multiple and exhaustive plural form is found. The singular form of subject and object is normally not expressed, but the plural form, which is only possible with objects, is often realized as an arc movement of the verb.
In addition to agreement and spatial verbs, which modify movement and orientation, plain verbs like die sometimes show plural marking. In the example below, die is reduplicated at different locations in space, thus expressing that several people have died.
person++ diea dieb diec
‘Several people have died’
(based on Papaspyrou et al., 2008: 157)
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