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====Inanimate Nouns====
 
====Inanimate Nouns====
 
Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «yi»
 
Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «yi»
*ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><sg> ↔ ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ
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*{{morphTest|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ}}
*ᖹᒪᒐ <n><sg> ↔ ᖹᒪᒐᔪ     
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*{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖹᒪᒐᔪ}}    
*ᒉᒧᐧᖹ <n><sg> ↔ ᒉᒧᐧᖹᔪ
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*{{morphTest|ᒉᒧᐧᖹ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᒉᒧᐧᖹᔪ}}
 
«yi» is realized as «i» after consonants.
 
«yi» is realized as «i» after consonants.
*ᑫᒣᘁ <n><sg> ↔ ᑫᒣᖽ
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*{{morphTest|ᑫᒣᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑫᒣᖽ}}
*ᒍᐡ <n><sg> ↔ ᒍᖹ
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*{{morphTest|ᒍᐡ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᒍᖹ}}
*ᓴᔭᑲᘁ <n><sg> ↔ ᓴᔭᑲᖽ
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*{{morphTest|ᓴᔭᑲᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᓴᔭᑲᖽ}}
 
====Animate Nouns====
 
====Animate Nouns====
 
Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «wa»
 
Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «wa»
*ᖻᒣᔭ <n><sg> ↔ ᖻᒣᔭᖷ  
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*{{morphTest|ᖻᒣᔭ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖻᒣᔭᖷ}}
*ᑲᖺᖿ <n><sg> ↔  ᑲᖺᖿᖷ
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*{{morphTest|ᑲᖺᖿ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑲᖺᖿᖷ}}
*ᖿᖾ <n><sg> ↔ ᖿᖾᖷ
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*{{morphTest|ᖿᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖿᖾᖷ}}
 
«wa» is realized as «a» after consonants
 
«wa» is realized as «a» after consonants
 
*ᖳᒣᑯᐢ <n><sg> ↔ ᖳᒣᑯᒉ
 
*ᖳᒣᑯᐢ <n><sg> ↔ ᖳᒣᑯᒉ

Revision as of 12:53, 7 February 2017

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