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*ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><pl> ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ | *ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><pl> ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ | ||
*ᖹᒪᒐ <n><pl> ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ | *ᖹᒪᒐ <n><pl> ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ | ||
| + | *ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ <n><pl> ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 7 February 2017
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Nouns
Nouns in Blackfoot can be inflected for grammatical gender (animacy), number particularity, and XXXXX
Noun Inflections
Grammatical Gender
Blackfoot has two noun classes: animate and inanimate. Inanimate nouns take the suffixes «yi» when singular and «istsi» when plural.
Inanimate Nouns
Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «yi»
- ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><sg> ↔ ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ
- ᖹᒪᒐ <n><sg> ↔ ᖹᒪᒐᔪ
- ᒉᒧᐧᖹ <n><sg> ↔ ᒉᒧᐧᖹᔪ
«yi» is realized as «i» after consonants.
- ᑫᒣᘁ <n><sg> ↔ ᑫᒣᖽ
- ᒍᐡ <n><sg> ↔ ᒍᖹ
- ᓴᔭᑲᘁ <n><sg> ↔ ᓴᔭᑲᖽ
Animate Nouns
Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «wa»
- ᖻᒣᔭ <n><sg> ↔ ᖻᒣᔭᖷ
- ᑲᖺᖿ <n><sg> ↔ ᑲᖺᖿᖷ
- ᖿᖾ <n><sg> ↔ ᖿᖾᖷ
«wa» is realized as «a» after consonants
- ᖳᒣᑯᐢ <n><sg> ↔ ᖳᒣᑯᒉ
- ᑲᔈ <n><sg> ↔ ᑲᓭ
- ᖲᑊᖾᒪᘁ <n><sg> ↔ ᖲᑊᖾᒪᖽ
Number
Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns.
Inanimate Plurals
- ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><pl> ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ
- ᖹᒪᒐ <n><pl> ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ
- ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ <n><pl> ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ
