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Pl/Obv ambiguity (mostly nouns, but also vta participles) #13

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Inanimate plurals are preferentially analyzed as obviatives under the current disambiguation set up.

This also occurs in VTA participles (though in the opposite direction), where the obviative marker is misread as a plural:
waa-nsigwaajin
waa-nsigwaajin
PV/CCNJ+PV/oo+nsaa+VTA+Cnj+ThmInv+3Pl+Pcp+0Pl
'VTA S:3Obv/0 O:3Pl Cnj Pcp (Focus:0Pl) PV/CCNJ PV/oo'
nsaa
'kill'
"As soon as Nibakom realized that no-one else would lean over the wall to kill them, he made a breach in the fortification. SO1971.rs",
"Mii dash gekendang Niibaakhom gaawii wadi wiya bi-bkidaaktaasii waa-nsigwaajin, mii dash gii-bgonesgahang gchi-waakaahgan."

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