Kandi/Sandbox

Pronominal predicatives

Stative and dynamic affixes
person →		1	2	3.PROX (3)	3.OBV (4)	0
		-w-	-k-	-	-y-	-h-
Stative
same	-á-	-wá	-ká	-í (Vy)	-yá	-há
different	-í-	-wí	-kí	-	-yi	-hí
Dynamic
same	-u-	wu-	ku-	u-	yu-	hu-
different	-a-	wa-	ka-	a-	ya-	ha-

Noun classes and quantifiers

Class	Singular		Dual		Plural
I	-ma	-im	-nna	-ūnna	-yme	-imme	people, professions
II	-n	-i					animals, pets, cattle
III	-uš	-waš					predators, pejoratives
IV	wa-	w-					plants, nature
V	ki-	kin-	-ūnna	-yunna			meat, edibles, bodyparts
VI	-š	-iš	-sse	-issa			small/round/short/curved objects
VII	-teh	-teh	-yittah	-īttah			long/straight/thing objects
VIII	-kka	-ākka					unclear
IX	-ye	-ya					abstractions, divinity, honorifics

Simple stuff

Pluralisation

Do we distinguish plurals? They are a pain after all. Yeah, yeah, I guess I have to.

I

• agūrriy /a.gu͜β.rɪj/ → *agūrriyna /a.gu͜β.rɪː.nə/ → agūrrīn /a.gu͜β.rɪːn/
• amik / a.mɪk/ → *amikna /a.mɪk.na/ → amiǧna /a.mɪŋ.nə/
• līlak → *līlakna /lɪː.lak.na/ → *līlaǧn /lɪː.laŋ.nə/ → līlan /lɪː.lan/
• ikāru → ikāruna

Irregular

• ok → okok

The other stuff

katsa
[ˈkat͡sa]
katsa-∅
songbird.IV-PRED
It is a songbird.

(1)

katsawí
[ˈkat͡sajiɨ̯]
katsa-wí
songbird.N-1SG.HE
I am a songbird.

(2)

katsayín
[ˈkat͡saʝẽː]
katsa-yín
songbird.N-2PL.HE
You are songbirds.

(3)

tšanukān
[t͡ʃanuˈkɔn]
tshanu-k-ā-n
horse.M-2-SAM-PL
You are horses.

(13)

What's actually inside

• ᎭᎪᏨ:ᏡᎲᏙᏙᏔᏋᎹ ᎪᏫᏢᎭᎹ:ᎰᎱ;
  yáasúweyikukúusima awushuyamátin?
  [ʝaːsuβ̞ɛʝikuˈkuːβ̞sẽʔa aβ̞uɕuʝʌ̃ˈʔaːtẽ]
  
  Is that moose crying herring?

(-)