Datapoint Kinubi/Passive constructions

In the passive construction, the tone shifts to the end of the verb, with an additionnal vowel in some cases:

ákul > ákulú
'to eat' 'to be eaten'

kútu > kutú
'to put' 'to be put'

Values

Typical passive construction

Example 63-170:
fí yal-á al ákulú ma nas-tomsá
fí
exist
yal-á
child-pl
al
rel
ákulú
eat
ma
with
nas-tomsá
pl-crocodile
There were children who have been eaten by crocodiles.

Source: Luffin 2005: 365

Example 63-171:
seafish úmun má g-ákulu
seafish
seafish
úmun
3pl
má
neg
g-ákulu
tam-eat
They don’t eat seafish.

Source: Luffin 2005: 365

Confidence:
Certain