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Revision as of 16:53, 11 February 2022


Part of Speech

  1. Open
    • Noun
      • lyp<n> ↔ lyp - seed
    • Verb
      • lyp<v> ↔ lyp - sow
    • Adjective
      • jjip<adj> ↔ jjip - full
  2. Semi-closed
    • Determiner
      • Classifier
        • ji<Cl> ↔ ji - bar,used to classify one-dimensional entities
    • Adverb
      • gexyimu<adv> ↔ gexyimu - stupid
    • Conjunction
  3. Closed
    • Pronoun
      • nga<p1><sg> ↔ nga
    • Particle
      • da<pfv> ↔ da

Morphological Analysis

Size prefixes

  • The diminutive prefixes i and the augmentative prefix a can be prefixed to a set of adjectival roots generating pairs of antonyms.
    • sho<n><pl> ↔ ix sho** -iet (big)
    • -a (small)
    • ax (small)

Nominalizer suffixes

Three nominalizer suffixes can be attached to verbs to form nouns. Not all verbs can take three suffixes.

  • -lu is attached to a verb to form the action of that verb
    • mgu<v><nmlz> ↔ ngulu
    • hxip<v><nmlz> ↔ hxiplu
    • ndo<v><nmlz> ↔ ndolu
  • -jjux is attached to a verb to mean the quality or extent of that verb
    • mgu<v><nmlz> ↔ ngujjux
    • ju<v><nmlz> ↔ jujjux
    • bi<v><nmlz> ↔ bijjux
  • -tie is attached to a verb to indicate the manner of that verb
    • zhe<v><nmlz> ↔ zhetie
    • gu<v><nmlz> ↔ gutie
    • hlu<v><nmlz> ↔ hlutie

Adjectivizer suffixes

  • -sa
  • -we

Reduplicaiton

  • Nouns are wholly reduplicated to mean some/a few of the noun, a classifier must follow this category of reduplication
    • mudi<n><rdpl> ↔ mudimudi
    • muhly<n><rdpl> ↔ muhlymuhly
    • lurmat<n><rdpl> ↔ lurmatlurmat
  • Pronouns may be reduplicated as emphatic pronouns.
    • ngat<p1><sg><rdpl> ↔ ngatngat
    • nop<p2><p1><rdpl> ↔ nopnox
    • nit<p2><sg><rdpl> ↔ nitnit
  • Verbs reduplicate in the form of V-jjy-V for intensification
    • mgu<v><rdpl> ↔ mgujjymgu
    • ndup<v><rdpl> ↔ ndupndup
    • budex<v><rdpl> ↔ budexjjybudex
  • Adjectives are reduplicated to form alternative question
    • ssi<adj><rdpl> ↔ ssixssi
    • zhut<adj><rdpl> ↔ zhutzhut
    • ceqy<adj><rdpl> ↔ ceqyxqy

Color Ideophones

Gender/Age suffixes

  • Three gender and one age suffixes attached to animal names: - bat (male), -bu (male), -mop (female) and -sse (young).