Ŋʒädär: A Few Verbs with Suppletive Incorporation of Recipient

For a number of verbs, there are suppletive roots depending on the person and number of the recipient. The number of the recipient for third person is absent, but may be marked by a reduced form of the pronouns. Some person distinctions not present in the pronominal system are present in these verbal suppletions, and vice versa, however, making their use rather complicated.

give temporary control over

I sg	masət-
I pl	madot-
II sg	kep'är-
II pl	yüvür-
III	mezme-
III refl. poss.	melezm-
III indef/neg/atelic	melige-
III refl	čehme-

give ownership of land or housing

I sg	nocotr-
I pl	nodot-
II sg	nop'ar-
II pl	tüvür-
III	naɣma-
III refl. poss.	naɣazm-
III indef/neg/atelic	naruga-
III refl	(d)ɣaɣma-

give ownership over other property

I sg	p'əsıɣ-
I pl	p'ədıɣ-
II sg	vap'ıl-
II pl	töp'ül-
III	p'aɣp'ə-
III refl. poss.	p'aɣasp'-
III indef/neg/atelic	p'aruga-
III refl	(d)ɣaɣma-

bestow a title upon

I sg	ɣosat-
I pl	ɣodot-
II sg	vabal-
II pl	yöbül-
III	k'öɣbö-
III refl. poss.	k'öɣözb-
III indef/neg/atelic	k'öɣ-
III refl	N/A

give someone authority as chieftain over

I sg	söčösäm-
I pl	söčödäm-
II sg	öčövör-
II pl	süčüvör-
III	kamməh-
III refl. poss.	kammazm-
III indef/neg/atelic	kazm-
III refl	N/A

give religious authority over

I sg	södösü-
I pl	södödü-
II sg	ödövör-
II pl	südüvör-
III	tarəh-
III refl. poss.	tarazm-
III indef/neg/atelic	N/A
III refl	N/A

give someone a blessing*

I sg	dise-
I pl	didiev-
II sg	devm-
II pl	deir-
III	dihni-
III refl. poss.	dinihni-
III indef/neg/atelic	dinizm-
III refl	N/A

* there are a number of nouns corresponding to different types of blessings

give an order

I sg	p'aru-
I pl	k'alu-
II sg	sarvo-
II pl	yarvo-
III	xusu-
III refl. poss.	xuzm-
III indef/neg/atelic	xugu-
III refl	xuɣmu-

obtain someone as a godparent**

I sg	lavır-
I pl	ɣavır-
II sg	kavir-
II pl	ɣövür-
III	ɣävär-
III refl. poss.	ɣäzm-
III indef/neg/atelic	ɣägü-
III refl	ɣäɣmü-

** there are a number of nouns corresponding to different kinds of godparents; the subjects and objects can either be the parents of the child or the child itself

Syntactically, most of these are ergative verbs - the thing that is bestowed or given to the embedded recipient, thus:

p'orga masət
herd I_was_given_temporary_control
I was given temporary control over a herd

ehi p'orga masə(t)-z
he herd I_was_given_temporary_control-direct
he gave me temporary control over a/his herd

The reflexive possessive third person means a third person was given control over something that previously was also his or her or theirs in some other sense. A pronoun in the dative can serve to disambiguate number for the recipient. 

The indefinite/negative/atelic is used when the action in the third person is not telic, not reflexive, not reflexive-possessive, and not telic, i.e. transferring the property was interrupted or failed or was just underway. The reflexive sometimes is used to imply taking something unjustifiedly, and can sometimes have recipients of other persons given as explicit dative pronouns.

There are obvious almost-regularities in here, but also some pretty wild variations; historically, these seem to originate with roots under various stages of contamination with other synonymous roots with incorporated pronouns.