Wamesa/Grammar

Wamesa Grammar

Number in Wamesa

Number indicates how many there are of something.

• There are three numbers in the Wamesa number system: singular, dual, and plural. In other words, there are morphemes indicating one of something, two, and more than two, as follows:

1 p. sg. . . . . jau ; ja (Wan.) i-, j- (before vowels)
2 p. sg. . . . . au bu-, -u- (after init. cons.)
3 p. sg. . . i di-, -i- (after init. cons.)
1 p. du. in. . . . . nan(d)u tu(n)~
1 p. du. ex. . . . . amu(n) amu(n)-
2 p. du. . . . . man(d)u tnu(n)-
3 p. du. . . . . san(d)u su(n)-
1 p. pl. in. . . . . tata(t) ta(n)-
1 p. pl. ex. . . . . ama(t) ama(n)-
2 p. pl. . . . . mia(t) me(n)-
3 p. pl. hum. . . . . sia(t) se{n)-
3 p. pl. non-hum. . . si si

1sg, 1du, 1pl 2sg, 2du, 2pl 3sg, 3du, 3pl