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| − | *Nouns | + | *Nouns are wholly reduplicated to mean some/a few of the noun, a classifier must follow this category of reduplication |
| − | * | + | ** {{morphTest|mudi{{tag|n}}{{tag|rdpl}}|mudimudi}} |
| − | *Pronouns | + | ** {{morphTest|muhly{{tag|n}}{{tag|rdpl}}|muhlymuhly}} |
| + | ** {{morphTest|lurmat{{tag|n}}{{tag|rdpl}}|lurmatlurmat}} | ||
| + | *Pronouns may be reduplicated as emphatic pronouns. | ||
| + | ** {{morphTest|ngat{{tag|p1}}{{tag|rdpl}}|ngatngat}} | ||
| + | ** {{morphTest|nop{{tag|}}{{tag|rdpl}}|nopnox}} | ||
| + | ** {{morphTest|nit{{tag|n}}{{tag|rdpl}}|nitnit}} | ||
*Verbs/Adjectives reduplicate to form alternative question | *Verbs/Adjectives reduplicate to form alternative question | ||
Revision as of 20:38, 10 February 2022
Contents
Part of Speech
- Open
- Noun
- lyp<n> ↔ lyp - seed
- Verb
- lyp<v> ↔ lyp - sow
- Adjective
- jjip<adj> ↔ jjip - full
- Noun
- Semi-closed
- Determiner
- Classifier
- ji<Cl> ↔ ji - bar,used to classify one-dimensional entities
- Classifier
- Adverb
- gexyimu<adv> ↔ gexyimu - stupid
- Conjunction
- Determiner
- Closed
- Pronoun
- nga<p1><sg> ↔ nga
- Particle
- da<pfv> ↔ da
- Pronoun
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><rdpl> ↔ ngatngat
- nop<><rdpl> ↔ nopnox
- nit<n><rdpl> ↔ nitnit
- Verbs/Adjectives reduplicate to form alternative question
Color Ideophones
Gender/Age suffixes
- Three gender and one age suffixes attached to animal names: - bat (male), -bu (male), -mop (female) and -sse (young).
