Nankôre: Difference between revisions

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===== Derivational Affixes =====

Nankôre has a set of verbalizing prefixes that when attached to nominal roots, often body parts, create verbs. These prefixes are most likely the remnants of noun incorporation, based on comparisons with Nankôre's distant relatives, Minhast and Nahónda~~, which have~~ similar fossilized affixes that ~~are also usually attached~~ to nominal roots ~~concerning~~ body parts, to derive verbs, e.g. Minhast ''kirim'' (from ''k-erum'', literally "make sound with the mouth); ''kirim'' is the Minhast cognate of ''kôre''.

Nankôre has a set of verbalizing prefixes that when attached to nominal roots, often body parts, create verbs. These prefixes are most likely the remnants of Proto-Nahenic noun incorporation, based on comparisons with Nankôre's distant relatives, Minhast and Nahónda; similar or even identical fossilized affixes have been found in these languages that likewise attach to nominal roots for body parts to derive verbs, e.g. Minhast ''kirim'' (from ''k-erum'', literally "make sound with the mouth) and Nahónda ''k'loma'' (from ''k'-loma''); ''kirim'' is the Minhast cognate of Nankôre ''kôre''.

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| k-ore

| to speak

| k-irim "to speak" (~~Common Minhast -~~ Nankôre "ore" = "mouth" is cognate with Minhast ~~"erum"~~ = "mouth")

| Common Minhast ''k-irim'' "to speak" (NB: Nankôre ''ore'' = "mouth" is cognate with Minhast ''eru'' = "mouth")

|-

! Striking

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| ya-shpa

| to punch

| wi-šnu "to strike, hit" (Minhast, ~~Horse Speaker dialect~~)

| Minhast, Horse Speaker dialect: ''wi-šnu'' "to strike, hit" (Minhast ''išna'' "fist", "knuckles")

|-

! Movement

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| ha-nake

| to scoot along the floor with one's foot; to kick around

| ho-sispa "to give" ~~(Nahónda - "sispa"~~ = hand, c.f. Minhast "sespir" = hand, Nankôre "shipa" = hand)

| Nahónda: ''ho-sispa'' "to give" ''sisp'' = hand; c.f. Minhast ''sespir'' = hand, Nankôre ''shipa'' = hand

|-

! Stability

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| p-are

| to stare

| p-uħta "to stand up" (~~Common Minhast, "~~yuħta" = "sole of the foot", cognate with Nankôre ~~"ota"~~ = "flat surface")

| Common Minhast p-uħta "to stand up" (from ''yuħta'' = "sole of the foot", cognate with Nankôre ''yohíhita'' = "flat surface")

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 ===== Derivational Affixes =====
-Nankôre has a set of verbalizing prefixes that when attached to nominal roots, often body parts, create verbs.  These prefixes are most likely the remnants of noun incorporation, based on comparisons with Nankôre's distant relatives, Minhast and Nahónda, which have similar fossilized affixes that are also usually attached to nominal roots concerning body parts, to derive verbs, e.g. Minhast ''kirim'' (from ''k-erum'', literally "make sound with the mouth); ''kirim'' is the Minhast cognate of ''kôre''.
+Nankôre has a set of verbalizing prefixes that when attached to nominal roots, often body parts, create verbs.  These prefixes are most likely the remnants of Proto-Nahenic noun incorporation, based on comparisons with Nankôre's distant relatives, Minhast and Nahónda;  similar or even identical fossilized affixes have been found in these languages that likewise attach to nominal roots for body parts to derive verbs, e.g. Minhast ''kirim'' (from ''k-erum'', literally "make sound with the mouth) and Nahónda ''k'loma'' (from ''k'-loma''); ''kirim'' is the Minhast cognate of Nankôre ''kôre''.
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 | k-ore
 | to speak
-| k-irim "to speak" (Common Minhast - Nankôre "ore" = "mouth" is cognate with Minhast "erum" = "mouth")
+| Common Minhast ''k-irim'' "to speak"  (NB: Nankôre ''ore'' = "mouth" is cognate with Minhast ''eru'' = "mouth")
 |-
 ! Striking
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 | ya-shpa
 | to punch
-| wi-šnu "to strike, hit"  (Minhast, Horse Speaker dialect)
+| Minhast, Horse Speaker dialect: ''wi-šnu'' "to strike, hit" (Minhast ''išna'' "fist", "knuckles")
 |-
 ! Movement
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 | ha-nake
 | to scoot along the floor with one's foot; to kick around
-| ho-sispa "to give" (Nahónda - "sispa" = hand, c.f. Minhast "sespir" = hand, Nankôre "shipa" = hand)
+| Nahónda: ''ho-sispa'' "to give" ''sisp'' = hand; c.f. Minhast ''sespir'' = hand, Nankôre ''shipa'' = hand
 |-
 ! Stability
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 | p-are
 | to stare
-| p-uħta "to stand up" (Common Minhast, "yuħta" = "sole of the foot", cognate with Nankôre "ota" = "flat surface")
+| Common Minhast p-uħta "to stand up" (from ''yuħta'' = "sole of the foot", cognate with Nankôre ''yohíhita'' = "flat surface")
 |-
 |}