Proto-Dynic: Difference between revisions
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! medial determiner | ! medial determiner | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | ''* | | style="text-align:center;" | ''*er-'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*erbeŋ'' 'that house near you' | ||
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! distal determiner | ! distal determiner | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | ''* | | style="text-align:center;" | ''*ar-'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*arbeŋ'' 'that house over there' | ||
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! partitive case | ! partitive case | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*-isāh'' | | style="text-align:center;" | ''*-isāh'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*arakʷisāh'' 'part of the boat' | ||
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! vocative case | ! vocative case | ||
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! honorific | ! honorific | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*- | | style="text-align:center;" | ''*-cin'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*kurcin'' 'the chief (said with respect)' | ||
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A small quirk of morphosyntax; when a prefix is attached to a word, any suffix is not attached after the words itself, but after the prefix, i.e. '''''*wə-ŋa-kur''''' ('our chief (erg.)') not ''**wə-kur-ŋa''. This includes instances of [[w:Suffixaufnahme|suffixaufnahme]], such as those which commonly occur with the honorific; '''''* | A small quirk of morphosyntax; when a prefix is attached to a word, any suffix is not attached after the words itself, but after the prefix, i.e. '''''*wə-ŋa-kur''''' ('our chief (erg.)') not ''**wə-kur-ŋa''. This includes instances of [[w:Suffixaufnahme|suffixaufnahme]], such as those which commonly occur with the honorific; '''''*wəcinŋa kur''''' not ''**wəŋa kurcin'' or ''**wəcin kurŋa''. | ||
Unmarked nouns can be used as a genitive construct state, wherein the possessor comes before the possessed, e.g. '''''*kurbeŋ''''' ('the chief's house'). Occasionally, the 3rd or 4th person possessive pronouns may come before the main noun, depending on the salience of the possessor within the discourse ('''''*kur ībeŋ''''' or '''''*kur kəbeŋ'''''). | Unmarked nouns can be used as a genitive construct state, wherein the possessor comes before the possessed, e.g. '''''*kurbeŋ''''' ('the chief's house'). Occasionally, the 3rd or 4th person possessive pronouns may come before the main noun, depending on the salience of the possessor within the discourse ('''''*kur ībeŋ''''' or '''''*kur kəbeŋ'''''). | ||